Word: kramer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...passing shots and return of serve. We go along neck and neck, each holding service. Then he wins." From Milwaukee to White Plains, N.Y. and on through Pittsfield and Springfield, Mass., it had been as simple as that. When his pro tour with Big Jake Kramer reached Washington, D.C. last week, Gonzales was hollow-eyed from loss of sleep and the humiliation of 17 defeats against three wins...
...Jake had also learned about eating. When the schedule called for six or seven nights of consecutive play, he filled up on late-afternoon steaks and topped off with egg-nogs. But he cut down on the calories when there were off-nights ahead. Said Kramer: "I think I'll tell the fellows at Forest Hills, 'When it rains, eat light...
...Jack Kramer beat Richard Gonzales, 6-4, 6-4, last night in the Boston Garden. In the doubles match, Pancho Segura and Gonzales beat Frank Parker and Kramer...
Three nights later in Chicago, Pancho's big serve worked better and he dusted off Kramer, 9-7, 1-6, 6-4, but in Milwaukee he lost again, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Pancho had youth and brawn in his favor, but right now Big Jake Kramer still looked like the champ...
...Gonzales took his first pro beating without a whimper. In the dressing-room later, he said: "There are no excuses. The light didn't bother me ... I wasn't nervous. I wasn't scared by the crowd. I wasn't thinking about the money either. Kramer held his service and I couldn't get my first ball in, so I lost. That's all, I lost...