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...Doris Hart, three British hard court tennis titles in one day-singles, doubles (with Shirley Fry), mixed doubles (with Eric Sturgess); in Bournemouth...
...Wimbledon last week, though he was seeded fifth (behind Australian Champion Frank Sedgman, Talbert, Drobny and South Africa's Eric Sturgess), the experts gave Patty little chance. But by midweek he had defeated a wobbly Billy Talbert again, then outplayed the No. 10 U.S. player, Vic Seixas, to win his way to the final against top-seeded Frank Sedgman...
...refrigeration business to defend his title this year) is Billy Talbert himself, past his prime at 31 and a diabetic. Third and fourth seeded are Jaroslav Drobny, the self-exiled Czech with a singing serve which subsides to a whisper in an endurance match, and South African Eric Sturgess, a solid, stolid player of the old base-line school...
Also in the Yard today will be Frank Taylor, producer, John Sturgess, director, and John Alton, cameraman. Taylor arrived at Harvard Saturday to complete pre-shooting arrangements with Yard police and the University...
...slugging match in which Gonzales and chunky, 26-year-old Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia slammed a total of 43 service aces at each other. Pancho wore him out in four sets, 8-10, 11-9, 6-0, 6-3. In the second match, it was style instead of power. Sturgess scored only two aces, Flam none. Time after time, Sturgess' deep forehand drives kicked up the chalk on Flam's baseline. When Flam moved in to the net, Sturgess stayed in his back court, scored with deft passing shots. He won his match in straight sets...