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...through the second and third sets, misfired in the fourth. But he never seemed in serious danger, and ran out the final game of the fifth set at love to win his first Wimbledon title, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Then he tossed his racket 20 feet into the air, shook hands all around, embraced the championship...
...million" from gullible women. Police couldn't begin to list all the women he had taken to wife, but back in 1927, the dossier showed more than 40 marriages. Finally caught up, Confidence Man Engel was willing to reveal a few professional secrets of the widow racket. Among them: always be a gentleman-subordinate sex; send red roses, not orchids; always give the impression you have lots of money. "I'm a parlay player," said Engel. "I always made it a practice to spend on Mabel what I got from Jane . . . Don't forget that all these...
...rotten underside of the fight racket; with Robert Ryan on the receiving end (TIME, April...
...rotten underside of the fight racket, with Robert Ryan on the receiving end (TIME, April...
...rotten underside of the fight racket; with Robert Ryan on the receiving end (TIME, April...