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...matches out of 48, Big Jake had been on top, and powerful Pancho Gonzales had been just about as low and grouchy as a man can get. But in California last week Pancho's big grin was flashing again. Since their return from Europe last month, he had beaten Big Jake eight times out of twelve. Twenty-one-year-old Pancho even figured he had a mathematical chance to overtake 28-year-old Jake before the tour ends next October...
...fans found Pancho's game better all around. He was less jumpy, his shots were better placed, his forehand volley was faster and his anticipation more acute. Big Jake had noticed something else. Said he: "I'm the big difference in Gonzales' game. I haven't been able to keep the pressure on him. I've gotten kind of stale...
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...