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...Champion Sven Davidson caught Ken Rosewall on an erratic day and forced him to go five sets to win. Steady Vic Seixas repeated his Wimbledon finals victory over Denmark's Kurt Nielsen only after wavering before the Dane's superb volleying and dropping a set. Although young Lew Hoad sank Gardnar Mulloy, the grand old (39) man of U.S. tennis, in straight sets, Mulloy, in a sprightly burst of lost youth, carried the third to 11-9. Grinning wryly, Mulloy croaked: "I should have been playing his father...
...order for young Rosewall and Hoad? The semifinals seemed to produce a firm answer. In top physical shape, thanks to Coach Harry Hopman's strict meat-and-sleep training rules, the Australians nonetheless sometimes seemed mentally over-wound, as if their play had become work. Facing powerful Lew Hoad, whose service is one of the fastest in amateur tennis, Vic Seixas showed the same flair for court tactics he demonstrated this year at Wimbledon. It was a net-rushing struggle, but in the end Seixas won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. That left...
...stars. Perennial Tam favorite: this year's All-America Winner Lloyd Mangrum, Tam's pro (and May's pet golfer ever since Mangrum won $300 from him by shooting a birdie on a 100-to-1 bet). Other leading players: Amateur Frank Stranahan, Pros Julius Boros, Lew Worsham...
...windup of last week's World tournament couldn't have been more spectacular if May himself had written the script. Onetime (1947) U.S. Open Champion Lew Worsham. needing a birdie on the final 410-yd., par4 hole to tie Virginia's Chandler Harper, smashed out a 270-yd. drive. He then calmly took a wedge, plopped the ball onto the green and into the hole for an eagle 2. Jubilantly aghast, Worsham murmured: "The luckiest shot I ever had." Lucky or not, it was worth $25,000 to Lew Worsham, whose 72-hole score...
Richard Goldsmith '55 was named vice-president, Joseph Cooper '55 secretary, and Humphrey Fisher '55 treasurer. Other officers chosen include: Phillipe Villers '55, Political Action Chairman; Christopher Niebuhr '56, Harvard Affairs Chairman; Charles Edson '56, Membership Chairman; Anthony Beilenson '54, Public Relations Director; Lew Smith '54, Michael Jorrin '54, Gordon Graham '55, Peter Waldstein '55, members at large...