Word: hopman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hills, Long Island, a roaring chorus of Waltzing Matilda rose from the north section of the stands. Some 300 Australians were cheering the return, after a brief eight-month stay in the U.S., of the Davis Cup to Australia. With some 12,500 Americans, the. Aussie visitors watched Harry Hopman's brilliant youngsters outshoot and outrun U.S. Tennists Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert in three straight matches. There were few surprises, but some magnificent tennis...
Probably last week's biggest loser was the Aussies' jut-jawed Captain Harry Hopman, who has been attacked for run ning his team like a combination top sergeant and boarding-school headmaster...
Close to tears, Hopman looked toward next year: "When you have two 20-year-olds, there is always a chance...
Alarm ricocheted through the Australian press. A tabloid weekly named Truth blamed Head's bored and disgusted state on Harry Hopman, the autocratic non-playing captain, coach and general supervisor of the Aussie Davis Cuppers. Said Truth, apostrophizing Hopman: "Wake up to yourself. We think it's because of you, Harry-because you won't let him [Hoad] off your apron strings. You make him think tennis, eat tennis, drink tennis and live for nothing else." Lew's mother, Mrs. Bonnie Hoad, who plays on the hard courts herself, chimed in: "Lew hasn...
...Harry Hopman. 105. Sparked by Quarterback Bobby Layne, this team beat the Cleveland Browns for the national pro title: 1. Detroit Lions...