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...after Presidential Press Secretary Pierre Salinger appeared on its courts in a powder-blue polo shirt and vivid yellow shorts, Newport's famed, fabled tennis Casino strictly enforced the "all white" rule for tennis players...
...Newport's Cameo Café was awash with wassailing sailors. Broken beer glasses littered the floor, and a steady stream of fresh pitchers was passed precariously back over the heads of the yelling, singing crowd. Atop the bar, the most incongruous chorus line in Newport memory clumped groggily to the strains of Waltzing Matilda, with Sir Frank Packer, the doughty "Big Daddy" whose money built Australia's Gretel, in the lead. Weatherly crewmen, hugging their Aussie counterparts, poured drinks down their necks with fraternal abandon. Just as a huge mirror crashed from the wall, the police barged...
...some ways was faster than the U.S.'s best. With out much experience, either in the class or in U.S. waters, Sturrock sailed her well enough to win one race, lose another by the barest of 26-sec. margins. As Sturrock said: "The best bloke won." But Newport had cheers enough for everyone, and as the Australians prepared to take Gretel home for more practice, they left little doubt that they would be back...
...Goes to Jail." Gretel's joyous crew was singing Waltzing Matilda as they were towed back to port past the horn-tooting spectator fleet, and the song rang through Newport all night. Even the cops cheered. "Nobody with an Australian accent goes to jail tonight," announced a local policeman. Said a crew member, amid the debris of Gretel's headquarters pub: "This reminds me of an outback pub at shearing time." Back home, radio stations played a special Gretel Song. The Sydney Sun announced the victory: WILY STURROCK OUTFOXES AMERICANS. And for this one race, at least...
Learning Manners. On the very first day of the rugged match play on the 7,051-yd. course, a 19-year-old youngster named Ronnie Gerringer, from Newport News, Va., set the tone of the tournament. Paired with 38-year-old Charlie Coe, Gerringer was the picture of polite deference. "I told my daddy before I left home that I considered it a privilege to play a gentleman like Mr. Coe," said Ronnie shyly. "I thought maybe I would just learn some good manners about how to play in a major match...