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Sarah Mleczko's victory over Becky Chase of Williams resembled the Coop during the first week of classes--plenty of hard-charging, unorthodox action and frequent collisions. Mleczko hustled and dove amidst the oft-tossed racquet of Chase to win 10-15, 16-15, 16-15, 15-17, to notch the other Crimson decision...
...These precise odds, based on actuarial tables and clinical data stored away in the computer's memory banks, were just a fraction above those for the average white woman in the 30-to-34-year age group. Why was this healthy, five-times-a-week tennis and racquet ball enthusiast a slightly higher risk? Because, explained the computer, she sometimes drank, smoked cigarettes and, most risky of all, did not always buckle up her seat belt while driving. "If you make all the possible reductions in your risk factors," she was told, "you will then have the same risk...
Sporting goods stores and pro shops, long the subdued redoubt of the Wilson Jack Kramer Autograph and the Dunlop Maxply Fort, now offer such large and varied arrays of racquets that the average player is bound to be confused. Which of the gleaming new products will convert a peashooter serve into a Roscoe Tanner cannonball? Will the weekend buff find Chris Evert's steady groundstrokes in a $69 graphite frame by Yamaha, or is the operator so poor that the tool required is a $200 (unstrung) Aldila Cannon? The questions are important because the racquet is "an extension...
Fancy Stick. Many players swear by their new racquets. New Jersey Insurance Executive James Slote has bought five different racquets during the past two years and finally settled on the outsized Prince, which promises a sweet spot 3½times that of normal racquets. Says Slote: "I hit more shots solidly. I'm very satisfied with it. Besides, the big thing is confidence. You do better with a racquet you have confidence in." Last week, after trying a friend's new Pancho Segura "SweetSpot"−notable for its wider spacing between strings near the rim than...
...with Chicago Professional Calvin Head, who believes that the advantages of the new designs and materials are psychological. Says he: "We're all trying to find that little secret, but it's all in the mind." Says another pro who is disgusted by the stampede to new racquets: "People will do anything to improve their game except work on their strokes." Beverly Hills Tennis Shop Salesman Vinnie Thomas reports that most sales of the Prince are made to men over 40 searching for a tennis fountain of youth. Says Thomas: "Very few young people buy them...