Word: playe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Vittorio had a party; he needed a program. His youthful mind thought out a youthful solution: Arsoli would build a sports ground which would provide: 1) immediate employment; 2) an interest for Arsoli youth; 3) revenue, if teams and spectators from other towns came there to play...
...Adrian Quist, Ted Schroeder found a cannonball service ("I don't know where it came from, but I'm glad it came") and the violently accurate volley that had deserted him all season, and won 6-3. In the second set, he lapsed into his old erratic play, lost 4-6 to Quist's heady tennis. In the third game of the third set, Quist moved in to the net, won a brilliant volley, but ended up on the seat of his pants. The crowd's applause turned to "Aah" (Forest Hills for booing...
Once before, in 1939, Australia had lost the first two matches, then come back with a thrilling three straight to take the cup. But in the doubles match this week, on the second day of play, Gardnar Mulloy and Billy Talbert were too much for Sidwell and Colin Long, winning 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5. For the fourth time in their five meetings, the U.S. had beaten Australia for the Davis...
Mother's Old Putter. In the six days of match play, many a good golfer fell by the fairwayside. Skee Riegel narrowly missed defeat in the first round by a Sunday golfer "I've never heard of before," then bowed out in the third. By the fifth round, when Willie Turnesa met Marvin ("Bud") Ward, they were the only ex-titleholders left...
...Methodist prelate, Oxnam has two unusual hobbies; the theater and art. He and his wife go to every play they can and have a good collection of paintings (mostly of the Barbizon school), including a Sargent and a Sir Joshua Reynolds: Girl with a Bird. When the mayor of Omaha tried to censor some profanity from the Lunt-Fontanne production of Idiot's Delight, Oxnam got him to drop the attempt, declaring: "Censorship is more dangerous than an occasional realistic line. If the mayor decides to remain in politics, may I suggest a theme song for his coming campaign...