Word: talbert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally, Navratila had had enough. "This tournament is the pits," she shouted. "No food, no balls, planes coming all the time...." She gave an indignant huff and picked up her racket, while Scanlon twirled his nonchalantly. "We're The Match That Bill Talbert (Tournament Director) Forgot," he said with a wry smile...
...Among them: Philadelphia Flyer Bobby Clarke, Tennis Star Bill Talbert and Chicago Cubs Third Baseman Ron Santo...
...women rarely manipulate men to influence policy; nor are they exploited by men to further masculine political careers. Mostly these women offer soothing sensitivities that allow ideas and personalities to merge across dinner tables with a minimum of friction. Sure, it's all a game, concedes Laura Talbert, a veteran hostess and one of McCarthy's leading characters. But the game is played "in the greatest arena of all, where the survival of humanity is at stake rather than, let us say, the competition of business interests. Think what Pittsburgh must be like...
...Bill Talbert, director of the U.S. Open at Forest Hills, was hot under the collar-and the weather was not to blame. As the nation's most prestigious tennis tournament got under way last week, six of the men players, including top-seeded Jimmy Connors, were not ready. The reason: they were worn out from competing in other tournaments that had ended only the day before. "Golf doesn't permit this," snapped Talbert as he announced the postponement of their matches. "You don't see Jack Nicklaus unprepared for the U.S. Open. Tennis is not structured enough...
...This year it is $271,000. The men's and women's singles winners will each get a $6,000 car and $5,000 championship ring plus the $22,500 first prize. The money reflects the general boom in tennis that leads Open Director Bill Talbert to think it is "easily conceivable" that Forest Hills will be worth half a million dollars in five years. This is the kind of inflation the competitors applaud...