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With new scoring systems, new synthetic playing surfaces and competition between amateurs and pros, tennis seems to have entered a long-overdue era of change. Last year even the tennis racket itself took on a new look with the T2000 steel racket, designed by France's René ("the Crocodile") Lacoste and marketed in the U.S. by the Wilson Sporting Goods...
...Like the steel racket, "the Smasher," as Spalding calls it, is open-throated to cut wind resistance, increase the speed and power of a player's swing. Unlike the T2000, which has its strings attached to a crown inside the frame, the aluminum racket is strung conventionally, through nylon-lined holes in the racket's head. This increases the size of the "sweet spot," the area of the racket face on which the ball can be hit with good effect, and makes the racket less likely to spin or twist on shots hit near...
Because aluminum alloy is also stiffer than steel, top players who have used the new racket claim to get better control on volleys, lobs and drop shots. "The ball doesn't fly off the surface as it does with steel," says the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston who, along with South Africa's Cliff Drysdale, plans to use the aluminum racket on this year's pro tour...
Orderly House. Why is he stepping out now? Simple weariness could be one reason. He has extricated Hunt from long-troublesome investments in Wheeling Steel and W.P. Fuller Paint Co.; Crucible Steel, in which Hunt has a 23% interest, has agreed to merge with Walter Kidde & Co. With those moves made, Simon has been heard to say that "our house is in order now." As for the merger, he says that "we could have waited for years, but since we appeared to have just the right management, the time seemed ripe...
...chuckled a steel-rimmed grad student peering at a two-inch strawberry blown to twice its size by the glass of champagne it floated in. "What...