Word: pancho
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Powerful, easygoing Pancho, who played mostly by ear when he was ruling the amateurs at Forest Hills, was learning the scales the hard way as a pro. But there was no reason to think the younger man could not learn by experience. At week's end in Richmond, Va. he finally took one from the old master...
...game's as good as ever, maybe better," admitted scar-faced Tennistar Pancho Gonzales. "I'm O.K. on passing shots and return of serve. We go along neck and neck, each holding service. Then he wins." From Milwaukee to White Plains, N.Y. and on through Pittsfield and Springfield, Mass., it had been as simple as that. When his pro tour with Big Jake Kramer reached Washington, D.C. last week, Gonzales was hollow-eyed from loss of sleep and the humiliation of 17 defeats against three wins...
...green canvas of Washington's Uline Arena, Gonzales got his lumps in a hurry. Big Jake polished him in 40 minutes, a new record for the tour. The odd part of it all was that Pancho's booming cannonball service was becoming steadily more accurate-and at the same time steadily less effective. But Big Jake, seven years older and wiser than 21-year-old Pancho, had the explanation: "I wait a little longer on his serve and I've quit guessing where it's going to go. I know...
Jack Kramer beat Richard Gonzales, 6-4, 6-4, last night in the Boston Garden. In the doubles match, Pancho Segura and Gonzales beat Frank Parker and Kramer...
Three nights later in Chicago, Pancho's big serve worked better and he dusted off Kramer, 9-7, 1-6, 6-4, but in Milwaukee he lost again, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Pancho had youth and brawn in his favor, but right now Big Jake Kramer still looked like the champ...