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Here in the Hotel Schroeder and in Milwaukee Auditorium two blocks away, the keynote thus becomes "Building, AVC.' In an opening-gun all-day Workshop tomorrow, delegates will exchange experiences and ideas on the pedestrian difficulties of integrating a young organization with its community environment. "Successful Chapter Meetings," "How to Raise Funds Locally," and "Techniques of Recruiting New Members" typify the topics for panel discussion. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.'s Saturday morning address on housing will stress action on the local level...
...tennis, Davis Cup Hero Ted Schroeder, previously unranked for 1946, was awarded the valuable No. 2 amateur rating, ahead of Frank Parker. The balloting involved as many proxies as a U.S. Steel board meeting. Final count...
...next two sets (6-1, 6-2), Schroeder's all-out attack made Bromwich look almost helpless, but the pace was telling on himself. He let Bromwich win the fourth set, and tire himself doing it, while he got back strength and wind. The final, fifth set Schroeder won easily. The stunned Australian crowd, after seeing its own star beaten, cheered Schroeder for five minutes...
Whatever Jack Kramer did after that was sure to be an anticlimax. In the second singles match of the day, he barely moved off the baseline, but easily defeated Australia's Dinny Pails in straight sets, 8-6, 6-2, 9-7. Next afternoon, when Kramer and Schroeder (twice U.S. doubles champions, in 1940-41) teamed up against Bromwich and Adrian Quist, it was Schroeder's day again. Even though he made winning shots look difficult where Kramer made them look easy, it was Schroeder who carried the load with his smashing net game. That clinched...
Glowed Captain Pate, who had won his gamble: "I've always said Kramer and Schroeder at their peak are the best doubles team in the world. They very nearly reached that peak today." Ted Schroeder was now free to go back to Glendale, Calif, to sell refrigerators, a job he stuck to most of last summer when other U.S. tennis stars were playing tournaments. Said he: "A fellow's got to quit this tennis sometime and get down to business...