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The tall lanky editor of the Paris Review has also offered up his body for three boxing rounds against Archie Moore, suffered humiliation across the tennis net from Pancho Gonzales, floundered in the watery wake of Swimmer Don Schollander, lost at bridge to Oswald Jacoby, and banged percussion instruments with...
In a tournament that was a disaster for the professionals, 13 of whom lost to amateurs, Ashe himself defeated three pros. To get past Okker, a dogged retriever and a swift, agile shotmaker, Ashe had to play his best tennis ever. He hit 26 service aces, prompting Old Pro Pancho...
State of Exception. Though they have posed a nuisance problem to police for years, Basque terrorists began striking in earnest only last spring. Since April, they have exploded dozens of plastic bombs, set fire to one mayor's home and financed their movement with the proceeds of five bank...
First highly seeded pro to fall was No. 8, Pancho Gonzales, beaten by Alexander Metreveli, an unseeded Russian who was happy just "to play against such famous men as Gonzales." After Pancho, the deluge. Australia's Lew Hoad (No. 7) was dumped by South Africa's Bob Hewitt...
What was the matter with the pros? Partly, it was the playing conditions. Said Gonzales: "We are used to playing on poor courts at night under indifferent lighting in smoke-filled halls" -a far cry from Wimbledon's outdoor grass courts. The biggest problem was probably the pros'...