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...final state of one-upness which counts; and Losemanship shows how this can be achieved . . . Savitt was beaten by Sedg-man. Mr. Shields should have drawn attention to the inexplicable speed of this phenomenon (58 minutes) . . . Surely the only explanation of the collapse of the one living exponent of the Tilden backhand must have been due (Shields should have said) to the "unfortunate atmosphere" and the "definite tension." These of course were fostered by the typical non-playing criticism, from the stands, of non-playing Captain Shields, who complained of the non-giving of a footfault against Seixas . . . To make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1952 | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

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