Word: mako
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...youngsters will probably play the lead at Forest Hills, a couple of even younger tennists may well steal the spotlight this summer. They are: 18-year-old Edward ("Budge") Patty,* and 16-year-old Bob Falkenburg. In this pair, the Southern California Tennis Association thinks it has another Budge & Mako...
...city tour, Bobby Riggs, also making his professional debut, won by default from Fred Perry, 1941 pro champion, when Perry sprawled headlong on the hard floor, injured a nerve in his right forearm. To pinch-hit for Perry for at least a week, Promoter Alexis Thompson got Gene Mako, onetime U.S. doubles champion (with Budge), to turn...
Married. Gene Mako, 25, Davis Cup doubles champion in 1937; and Laura Mae Church, 24, actress; in Manhattan. Best man: Paul Lukas. Bride's attendant...