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...York, stocky, tireless Gregory Mangin won the U. S. Indoor Championship for the third time, 8-6, 7-5, 2-6, 0-6, 6-2, against Berkeley Bell. Then, apparently unwearied by one of the hardest finals in the history of the tournament, Mangin & Bell paired to beat Sidney Wood Jr. & Eugene McCauliff for the doubles title...
...were left: Gregory Mangin, chunky, quick-footed champion, and Lester Stoefen, willowy 6 ft. 32 in. Californian having his first try at the national indoor competition. Stoefen blazed dazzling serves, made his backhand whine with deadly effect, won nine straight games. Mangin speeded up, caught and passed Stoefen. When he was within one point of winning the second set and tying the match, his serve broke the frame of Stoefen's racquet. But a footfault was called and he had to serve over. From that point on. Stoefen won his way through to become the new indoor champion. Score...
...doubles, made the courts slippery when 30 of the 32 teams played their first matches. A default gave the Australian team whom the crowds wanted most to see-Jack Crawford & Vivian McGrath-the dubious advantage of rest instead of an easy match before they met Berkeley Bell & Gregory Mangin in the second round. The weather, still soggy, gave them a much less dubious advantage when the match began because Bell has trouble standing up even when the footing is dry and firm. After winning without difficulty, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, Crawford & McGrath came up against the newly organized...
...Francis Xavier Shields: the Mason & Dixon tennis championship; by beating Clifford Sutter in the semifinals. Gregory Mangin in the final, 10-8, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; at White Sulphur Springs...
...Gregory Mangin, of Newark, N. J., who has never won an important tournament outdoors: his second consecutive U. S. Indoor Tennis Championship against a crack field including Clifford Sutler, Francis. Shields, George Lott, Berkeley Bell; 6-1. 6-3, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, in the final against Sutter; in Manhattan. ¶ Glenn Cunningham of Kansas: a mile race in the Knights of Columbus Games, with Glen Dawson of Tulsa second, Carl Coan of Penn third and Gene Venzke of Penn, who set the world's record of 4:10 a year ago and has hitherto been Cunningham...