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...tune-up for the Davis Cup competition, the Brazilian and U.S. teams played in last month's South American championships at Buenos Aires. The tournament was won by Texas' Cliff Richey, 19, the U.S.'s No. 3-ranked player-behind Dennis ("the Menace") Ralston and Arthur Ashe; in the process, Richey beat both of Brazil's Davis Cuppers, Thomaz Koch, 21, and Edison Mandarine, 25. Cliff's victory seemed suspiciously easy to many observers, but U.S. Captain George Mac-Call, a Los Angeles insurance broker with no big-time playing experience...
...Brasil! Bra-sil!" Cliff lost in four sets to Mandarino, an expatriate Brazilian who lives in Madrid. Then Richey was beaten in straight sets by Koch, who grew up right across the street from the Leopoldina Juvenil Tennis Club. Dennis Ralston kept U.S. hopes alive by beating Koch and teaming with Ashe to win the doubles, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. But in his final singles match against Mandarino, the Menace lost his cool. Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil! Bra-sil!" from the third set onward, he collapsed completely in the fifth...
...only veteran on the team was Dennis ("The Menace") Ralston, 24, who ranks No. 1 in the U.S. and plays like it when he can keep a lid on his temper. Last week the only menacing thing about Dennis was his game. Mixing riflelike base-line shots with lobs, he ran Mexico's Star Rafael Osuna, 27, into the ground with a four-set victory...
...Davis Cup singles berth. At Cleveland last week, he had the backhand to go with his searing forehand and serve. In the first singles match, he beat Mexico's Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, then went out next day with Ralston in the doubles and took only 59 minutes to demolish Osuna and Loyo-Mayo 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. That clinched the best out of five series...
Worthington Foods Inc. takes edible soybean fiber produced by Ralston Purina, turns it into meatless frankfurters, roast beef and fried chicken, sells them to Seventh-day Adventists and vegetarians. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. is testing a soy beverage to be sold in powder form, and Central Soya has developed an ice cream-like frozen dessert made of soybeans...