Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Blackmer, number one singles player for most of the season and recently elected captain of the squad, found the competition much too difficult. He lost 6-2 and 6-4, almost the only low scores of the afternoon...
Dwight Eisenhower, according to Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson, is a tough man across the bridge table: "Classic, sound, with occasional flashes of brilliance." Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (Ike's sometime partner) also rated with Expert Culbertson as "the best player on the Supreme Court or any other." Army Chief of Staff General Omar Bradley was acknowledged "an outstanding strategist; he takes more chances than Eisenhower." Tops on Culbertson's list of Government players: Major General A. M. Gruenther, of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
Where Pennsylvania's strength came as a surprise, Williams' prowess on the courts was known in advance. The number one singles player, Robinson, and the number one doubles team of Schaff and Scribner are powers in the tennis world...
...only change from the normal line up according to Corey Wynn, freshman coach, will be Marty Flugg, now playing number six singles and three doubles. His improvement during the last week has relegated John Tangen former number six singles player, to the position of alternate...
...same time, co-coaches Pat Lister and Ed Callanan selected forward John Caroy as the "most valuable player" of the 1949 team and named Captain Joe Eaton, a three-quarter back, as runner-up. In appreciation of their services, both coaches were also voted "full colors...