Word: nj
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tony Trabert, the National clay court tennis title, in an upset over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, 6-8, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6; in Chicago. ¶ Victor Seixas, the Spring Lake invitation tennis tournament, over Bill Talbert, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3; in Spring Lake, NJ. ¶The U.S. yacht Malabar XIII, the 4,4OO-mi. international race from Havana to San Sebastian, Spain; in 28 days, arriving 48 hours ahead of its nearest rival. ¶Palestinian, the $57,100 Brooklyn Handicap, one of U.S. racing's oldest stakes (first running: 1887), over Sheilas Reward...
...years ago, a gangling ball boy named Dick Savitt thought he was wasting his time fooling around on the courts of the Berkeley Tennis Club in Orange, NJ. He really wanted to be a big-league baseball player. Somehow it never worked out that way. Last week, some 3,000 miles from Yankee Stadium, Dick Savitt was still sidetracked from baseball, still up to his ears in tennis, but scarcely wasting his time. He was busy on the famed center court at Wimbledon, playing in the final round of the All-England championship...
Englewood, NJ...
...knew too well the value of influence. He had connections with Murder Inc., union rackets and gambling. But he also made himself a political power in Brooklyn-and he got into legitimate business (the Ford Motor Co. gave him exclusive rights to truck all new cars from its Edgewater, NJ. plant to the New York City area...
Invited by the Pennsville, NJ. Veterans of Foreign Wars to make a Memorial Day speech, Major General Harry H. Vaughan regretfully refused. Explained the President's senior military aide: "Unfortunately, my experience with the gentlemen of the press over the last several years has forced me to retire from the field of speechmaking. It is not really part of my duty. Every time I try to help somebody out, I seem to get into trouble ... So I think it is better to just refrain from making speeches...