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...most hopeful young hopefuls of U.S. tennis-Dick Savitt, 24, and Tony Trabert, 20-both came a cropper last week in the Eastern Grass Court championships, at Orange, N.J. In each case an old tennis hand was the obstacle that sent the youngsters arsy-versy: Gardnar Mulloy, 37, and Billy Talbert...
Savitt, Australian and Wimbledon champion, won the first two sets against Mulloy, 6-4, 6-3, with a display of the all-court game and big serve that had carried him to past triumphs, and seemed well on his way to running out the match. Then the fire went out of his game, and he dropped the third...
...semifinal match at Southampton against Davis Cup Veteran Gardnar Mulloy (37) one of the game's smoothest stylists, Tony showed the patience of Job, content with driving base-line rallies until he got his opening for the kill. His patience and steadiness beat Mulloy...
...other Forest Hills finalist, Herb Flam, 22, was ranked No. 2, followed by Wimbledon Champion Budge Patty, 26, and U.S. Davis Cupper Ted Schroeder, 29. Others of the top ten: Gardnar Mulloy, Bill Talbert, Dick Savitt, Earl Cochell, Vic Seixas and Tom Brown...
...Mulloy was wrong. In a semifinal match this week, he lost to the cool retrieving of Herbie Flam in a long, five-set match. Art Larsen subdued Dick Savitt to become the other finalist. One of the two would climb to the top of the totem pole this week, but the pole seemed stumpier than usual...