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Nicholas S. Ludington Jr. upset Dwight F. Davis III in the finals of the University Court Tennis Tournament this week, 6-4, 6-1. The tournament was held at the Boston Racquet and Tennis Club where Ludington, the winner of the Tuxedo Park Tournament earlier this year, was top seeded. A reception was held for the players after the matches were completed...
During the evening Pancho bounced his racquet on the floor, hit and kicked the ball into the stands, indignantly had the net measured, berated the ballboys, and, incidentally, dropped an exciting tennis match to Tony Trabert...
...heavily on power but needs more consistency to polish up his game. In the third alot, Pete Lund counts more on the placement-touch game and needs to develop some more speed in his shots. Fourth and fifth players, Kent Allen and Fred Byron, both need to improve their racquet work and develop a faster start...
...land, they dream big dreams to match the big country. Those with capital look for investments and find them: Ontario (Calif.) Aircraft Executive Glenn Odekirk has interests in desert tungsten and uranium; Hollywood Actor John Ireland and Tennis Star Don Budge are building a swank, $298,000 racquet club outside Phoenix. The less well-heeled look for likely sites for gas stations, ice-cream routes, or the acquaintance of semebody "who's got something good." Even those without cash find it easier on the desert to try new jobs and to borrow money with no more collateral than...
Bill Wister, captain of the varsity squash team led the Crimson to victory in the second annual intercollegiate invitation court tennis tournament held Saturday and yesterday in New York at the Racquet and tennis club...