Word: mervyn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day he was also ousted from the singles by third-ranked Aussie Mervyn Rose, who later won the title...
...Palm Springs' 70 Telemeter set owners. Some of their comments: Director William (Roman Holiday) Wyler-"It's fine if we get paid. If movies are going to wind up on TV screens, I don't want to have a picture interrupted to talk about soap." Director Mervyn (Quo Vadis) LeRoy- "Telemeter is great. If a picture is worth seeing, it's worth paying for. If the payment is right, it can be great for the picture business...
...MERVYN MILLER...
...Rosewall, the prodigy who at 17 upset U.S. Davis Cup Captain Vic Seixas in the U.S. Nationals, did it again last week. Next day Rosewall became the youngest player ever to win the men's singles title by blasting a relative veteran, 22-year-old Davis Cupper Mervyn Rose, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. Then Rosewall and his 18-year-old sidekick, Lewis Hoad, walked away with the doubles crown. Gasped Rose: "What will he be like in another couple of years...
...amateur with a $12,000 "wedding gift" to his wife; this year Sedgman and McGregor were offered a string of filling stations, and insurance jobs guaranteeing them salaries of $11,225 a year within four years. But Sedgman was sure Australia had nothing to worry about: "We feel that Mervyn Rose, Lewis Hoad, Ken Rosewall and other youngsters will keep the Davis Cup in good hands." Now 25 and at the peak of his drawing power, Sedgman figured the time was ripe to take over the professional ranks...