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Foote, naturally, is not the only TIME staffer to go for the net in his off-hours. New York Bureau Chief Laurence Barrett and Correspondent James Willwerth, both racquet zealots, competed in this year's press tournament at Forest Hills-though neither made the finals. Correspondent Arthur White runs and wins the annual fall tournament of TIME'S Washington bureau -with stiff competition from players like Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter, who manages to get in winter practice during lulls while accompanying Henry Kissinger on trips to sunny climates. Senior Editor Leon Jaroff and International Editor Jesse Birnbaum...
...remorseless doubles player once had a standard set of pregame excuses printed up on cards and handed them out to his weekend opposition in the form of a check-off list. Among his selections: Sunday-morning hangover; ill-strung racquet; soggy tennis balls...
Untold fortunes are dribbled away on fringe gimmickry. Samples: Kingaroo Practice Pouches that carry eight tennis balls at the player's waist; Volley-Hi, the taller tennis-ball basket stand; GRABIT, a tiny claw set on the racquet butt for picking up single balls without bending; Lobster, one of the many mechanical tennis partners able to shoot practice balls at you every 3% seconds. Stores bulge with any or all of the several hundred tennis books now in print. (Sample title: How to Increase Your Net Value). Alluring fashion ads offer raiment ranging from the new see-through tennis dresses...
After falling behind 4-2 in the nine-point tie-breaker, Lundy battled back to knot the score at 4-all. On the final point, Lundy lunged for a short backhand by Dutton and lobbed it just over Dutton's racquet for the set. "He hit a good service, and I hit a good return," Lundy commented. "After that, I just got lucky...
With visions of the Eastern League crown dancing in their heads (Princeton and Harvard now have one loss each), the racquetmen took on a tough navy team at Framingham Reservoir Racquet Club Saturday night and just squeaked...