Word: kozeluh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...R.A.F. Squadron Leader Dan Maskell. The team score: U.S. 4, Empire 1 ¶In overheated Manhattan, a pair of ancient iron men had their day in the quarter-finals of the U.S. pro championships. In 88° heat, 52-year-old Bill Tilden battled 55-year-old Karel Kozeluh through five sets. After two and a quarter hours of chasing elusive drop shots, Big Bill won the match and brushed off the skeptics: "Well, you saw ... I finished standing up, didn't I?" (Next day he got the worst drubbing of his career from young Welby van Horn...