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"Like a Bullfight." Parker, twice national champion (1944 and 1945) and runner-up last year to Jake Kramer, played his aloof, passionless way into the quarter-finals without dropping a set. Then he encountered Richard ("Pancho") Gonzales, 20, the easygoing, hard-hitting Mexican-American from Los Angeles (TIME, May 19...
66. Chilean President Gonzales personally restated claim here to territory also claimed by Britain.
One summer of ripening on the big-time Eastern tennis circuit had done wonders for California's easygoing Pancho Gonzales. Last week, on successive days, he vanquished three of the game's brightest stars-Jaroslav Drobny, Bob Falkenburg and Frank Parker-to reach the semifinals of the Pacific...
A few false moves, and even the choicest young prospect is expelled from the ranks of Southern California's youthful tennis elect. Perry Jones, who runs the region's amateur tennis (as secretary of the local tennis association), demands that his protégés get good...
That meant that Pancho no longer got the benefits of specialized coaching, got no expense money and no invitations to the best tournaments. Being taboo at the swank Los Angeles Tennis Club, he drifted over to the public park courts. Just the opposite of Pancho was Herbie Flam: he was...