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...first assignment as a World War II entertainment officer, a British army camp. The troops, he soon discovers, would rather have a pint at the village pub than enjoy the weekly entertainment provided for them by a group of patriotic ladies known as the May Savitt Qualthrop String Quartet. The daring chaplain decides to compromise and give the boys a local talent quiz show...
...stories on baseball, football, crew racing, chess, tennis, polo, ice hockey and skiing. Sport Editor Douglas Kennedy wrote this week's cover story, the seventh he has written since he came to TIME in '1950. Subjects of Kennedy's other cover stories: Sugar Ray Robinson, Dick Savitt, Princeton's Dick Kazmaier, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky, and Olympic Decathlon Champion Bob Mathias...
...defaulted in the first round because of a pulled muscle). Next day, thanks to the luck of the draw, Sedgman ousted his teammate, Hoad; Mulloy, playing one of the best games of his career, outlasted Rosewall jn five sets. The other semifinalists: Rose, Aussie No. 3, who whipped Dick Savitt, the U.S.'s No. 2, in straight sets; ig-year-old Ham Richardson, the U.S.'s No. 7, who outlasted Straight Clark in five sets...
...Seixas, the Miami invitation tennis tournament, over Dick Savitt, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; in Miami. Seixas, the nation's No. 1 player and a Davis Cupper, had not met Savitt, No. 2, since Savitt, badly bothered with a leg infection, lost to him in last season's National semifinals...
...Manhattan College track team, the IC4A championship (see above) over 41 colleges; in Manhattan. Savitt, the National Indoor tennis title over Defending Champion Bill Talbert, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; in Manhattan. «IThe Calumet Farm's Hill Gail, the $140,000 Santa Anita Derby; at Arcadia, Calif...