Word: pancho
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other Wimbledon winners in what turned out to be American week: Pancho Gonzales and Frank Parker, who won the men's doubles from Schroeder and Gard-nar Mulloy; and Louise Brough, who beat Margaret Osborne du Pont in the women's singles...
Other relaxation is close to the post : an aviation dude ranch called Pancho's Fly-Inn (or the Happy Bottom Riding Club). The ranch has its own airport, lighted at night, so that guests, friends and airborne wayfarers can fly in at all hours. The Fly-Inn is a much-buzzed place. Standing alone on the flat desert with only a few low trees, it invites the dangerous prank that all young pilots play, no matter what the threats of flying field managers or military C.O.s. Chuck Yeager has roared low over the ranch in every sort of airplane...
...finals, he squared off against Defending Indoor Champion Billy Talbert, ranked No. 4 in the national ratings but No. 1 on boards. When Pancho's big service was booming in, about all Talbert could do was wave at it. Talbert went down...
...game's brightest young star, Pancho is now eligible for becks & nods from the social set that patronizes big-time tennis. "But," says he: "I don't drink cocktails-just beer." Besides, the food at fancy parties does not appeal to Pancho's cast-iron stomach, which thrives on beans (with or without chili and cheese) and tortillas...
Like Jake Kramer (now a pro), Pancho's game is built on power and a big serve. Otherwise, nobody is sure until the match begins just what his game will be like. Says Pancho himself: "Sometimes my forehand is my weakness, sometimes my backhand. It all depends on how I'm feeling that...