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...Newcombe, a seasoned, exquisite stud, had Lutz against the wall, double match point within the first hour, and the vultures had barely unpacked their bags. Actually, they never got to. Lutz escaped elimination the next day against Brian Fairlie, and the next, when they threw five-time champion Rod Laver...
...Sammy Snead had beaten Jack Nicklaus in successive play-offs for the Masters. Last week, at 37, for the second year in a row, Ken Rosewall won the world championship of professional tennis. Once again, he did it by defeating the most formidable opponent possible, Rod ("The Rocket") Laver...
Budge owed much of his victory in that match to a backhand that was considered the best ever until Rosewall came along. Hit by Rosewall with a gracefulness that belies its guile and power, the stroke undid Laver in the closing exchanges of the last set. Throughout the match, Rosewall also employed two other great assets: a crisp and deftly angled volley, and an anticipation that turned some Laver bullets into boomerangs...
...crew settled, the Bruinr picked up three seats on the Crimson. It was here at the 500 meter mark that Harvard faced a potential disaster when sophomore Dave Fellows's "Rod Laver autographed model" tennis hat flew from its perch stop the number-seven oarsman and fell onto the slide of stroke Gene LaBarre's seat...
...still compete for larger purses, and the top men still win more than their female counterparts. Though no U.S. male tennis player matched Billie Jean King's earnings of $117,000 last year, Australian Rod Laver collected $292,000. In women's golf, last year's top moneymaker was Kathy Whitworth, with $43,500; in men's golf, 58 men made more than that, and Jack Nicklaus topped everybody with $244,490. In bowling, Patty Costello led the women last year with $5,275; John Petraglia led the men, with more than...