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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MURPHY, 25, 5 ft. 10 in., 210 Ibs., started playing golf only seven years ago, and his record is almost as flashy as Fleckman's. In 1965, he became the first player in 54 years to win the U.S. Amateur on his first try. Bob plans to get married next month because "the tour is no place for a bachelor." Last week, outfitted with a new set of irons, Murphy won $2,100 in the Doral Open and announced: "I'm playing with more ease every week...
Tennis is a state of mind. It is a sport where a fierce desire to win can push a good player to great things. When one man can inspire that confidence and pride in a teammate, an upset is in the making. When he can do it to a whole squad, small miracles are possible...
Junta was a superb captain. As the number one singles and doubles player on the team for three years, he could simply have let his outstanding play be his only example to the squad, but Junta led the team emotionally as well. His encouragement of his teammates and his confidence in them had sparked the squad to an undefeated Ivy slate and a 15-3 overall record before the Yale finale...
...supposed to beat Yale for years. What UCLA is supposed to be to today's college basketball, Yale was to eastern college tennis for the years 1958-60. Sophomore strength was so great that the number one varsity player from the year before had dropped to number six to make way for the plethora of gifted sophomores...
Talented Donald Dell led the Elis. Already considered the best college player in the East, Dell had made an excellent showing on the tournament circuit the previous summer. In one tournament he had beaten world-ranked Ashley Cooper in straight sets in the semi-finals and had lost a close, five-set match to Ham Richards in the finals. Further evidence of Yale's power showed in the fact that Gene Scott, who later joined Dell on the Davis Cup team, was then only fourth singles...