Word: kramer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this time he had the gallery-what there was of it-almost on his side. And he had never yet lost a match in Madison Square Garden. He began the tour there five months ago (when 15,114 braved "the big snow" to watch him beat Big Jake Kramer). But last week the score in matches was a lopsided 59 to 19 against...
...cockiness had vanished. Against Kramer, he had to make tremendous shots to win points. After dropping the first set, 7-5, he kept slapping his thigh in befuddlement and frustration. Kramer's best weapons (serve, volley and overhead) worked with mechanical deadliness. Big Jake romped through the next...
Crestfallen Bobby, his pro crown askew, tried to explain Kramer: "He's the best I have ever played against . . . Now, I'm supposed to be a smart player, but I still haven't been able to figure out where he is going to serve. He keeps me off balance ... I have had plenty of time to study Kramer's game and I know I have it analyzed. The question is to cope with...
There Goes the Bankroll. But in July, the backers backed out. David Loew, bigwig in Enterprise Productions, agreed to put up some money on stiff conditions: 50% of the profits to Enterprise, whose label must appear on the film. Reluctantly Kramer and Glass agreed. A shooting date...
...desperate rewriting, Screen Plays, Inc. shelled $339,000 off the picture's "nut," without sacrificing the essentials of the story. Loew agreed to stay in. In September, So This Is New York finally went into production-and came out $30,000 under the final budget. Even silent Stan Kramer got off a bon mot: "Now we can put our ulcers in escrow...