Word: mckinleyism
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After Chuck McKinley and Dennis Ralston won the doubles in four sets from Mike Sangster and Bobby Wilson Friday, McKinley and Frank Froehling completed the shut-out by winning singles matches yesterday...
...might not have gotten past Great Britain if Kelleher's gamble had misfired. No Davis Cup captain is supposed to field anyone except his two top-ranking players in Cup play. National honor is at stake, and all that. So everyone assumed that McKinley and Dennis Ralston, who had carried the U.S. past Mexico in the American Zone finals, would play...
...Kelleher decided otherwise. Ralston had been brilliant against Mexico, whipping Rafael Osuna to win for the U.S. after Osuna had beaten McKinley...
...down in Australia, the world's reigning tennis champions are preparing an ambush for the invading Americans. Roy Emerson, no long stale, and Ken Fletcher, no longer inexperienced, are backed up by Fred Stolle, whose flame-thrower serve took him to the Wimbledon final against McKinley In addition, there is talk of reactivating Neale Fraser, whose canny court sense helped Australia hold the Davis Cup for five years Fraser is still only 29, and he held every major tennis title at some time before retiring early last year...
...team loses, the primary cause will be the U.S. team itself. McKinley is a reliable player, but after him the team is as inconsistent as a racquet with broken strings. If they play well, the Aussies may not win a match, and if they play poorly, not even Bob Kelleher's intuition can save the Americans It's even possible, though most unlikely, that they could lose the match with England. With this team, not even the certain is certain...