Word: pratt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...PRATT...
Cornell's Dick Savitt and Leonard Steiner at one two court carry national titles, Savitt ranking twenty-sixth in the country and Steiner Junior doubles champ and singles runner-up. Savitt made fast work of Ted Backe in two quick, lopsided sets, Steve Pratt, who jumped from three to two court in inter-team competition last week, gave Steiner more trouble, taking the first round, and losing the next two by close scores...
Singles: Backe lost to Savitt, 6-1, 6-1: Pratt lost to Steiner 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Brandt lost to Young 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Wightman lost to Penn 6-2, 6-3; Ager lost to Riihiluoma 6-3, 7-5; Bullard lost to Goldstein 6-3, 7-5; Bullard lost to Goldstein 6-3, 6-0. Doubles: Backe and Brandt lost to Savitt and Steiner 6-0, 6-4; Pratt and Wightman defeated Riihiluoma and Goldstein 6-4, 6-2; Bullard and Ager defeated Gardiner and Kennedy...
...Pratt worked his way up to a varsity racquet in fall tennis, and proved himself in the inconclusive Williams match which was shut-out by darkness at 4 to 3 for Williams. He took five games straight in the third set of his singles flurry, losing only one point during the stint, to twist a 5 to 2 lead against him into a victory and thus force the match to a draw...
Withtman teams with Pratt, steadying the latter's flery game with his varied, cool attack. Brandt and Backe are the number one combo; Brandt hits, Backe saves the tough ones. The third duo of Ager and Bullard can dish up most any kind of shot from any position. Ager, once a baseliner, has surprised himself lately with net-work that he didn't know he had until Barnaby cajoled him into it. Bullard ties the climax shots onto Ager's game, and has lately been rounding out his play-which was formerly over-specialized...