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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Marilyn began playing tennis on Chattanooga's public courts when she was eight, picked up the game from "hanging around" her older brother Alan, himself a former player at the university. She proved so good last year that this season her teammates elected her captain. She plays in the No. 2 singles position, teams in doubles with the No. 4 man, Ray Hock (so far they are unbeaten). In the No. 5 singles spot on the varsity is another girl, red-haired Betty Rush, 24, a former WAVE who has won all of her matches this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beauty at the Baseline | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...already played Yale and lost, 8 to 1. Dartmouth won only the second doubles match, and took only two sets in losing the other eight matches. Williams, in fact, put on a better show against Yale Monday, losing by 7-2. But the Indians have at least one fine player in Dick Hoehn and they should be tough to beat...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tennis Team to Face Dartmouth, Trounces Stubborn Williams, 8-1 | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

Yovicsin also felt that training meals are a good place for the athletes to meet while the are off the field. "The boys benefit greatly from talking over their mutual problems at the tables. These meals heighten the morale and the mental state of the player," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Cite Team Meals As Essential | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...used in screening the fledgling spacemen. Were those questions slanted to put a Catholic ... in a poor light? 4) Inevitably some aspiring politico will stir our bile to a boil by observing that a space team without a Catholic is like an All-American team without a Notre Dame player: serves us right if the Commies beat us to the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Catholics in Space? | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Bland, first string freshman hockey goalie, has filled the gap at the nets more than adequately. A player with outstanding reflexes, he has almost mastered the tricky hops and scorching line shots (clocked at 130 miles an hour) difficult for even the most experienced goal tender...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

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