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...Southampton, N.Y., New Jersey's Eddie Moylan eased past America's top-ranking player, Tony Trabert, in the semifinals of the Meadow Club tournament, went on to beat Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert in the finals...
...Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert, who had flown home before the blowups, had a three-word explanation for his teammates' tantrums: "Too much tennis...
...bolster the youngsters' confidence, foxy Coach Harry Hopman predicted a 4-1 victory. U.S. Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert, flanked by veteran (30) Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas and young (23) U.S. Champion Tony Trabert, also figured the final score would be 4-1-for the U.S. As it turned out, both predictions were wrong, but canny Harry Hopman proved to be the better guesser...
...Hoad, who had lost to Seixas six straight times, this time beat Seixas in straight sets. Trabert provided the equalizer, also in straight sets, against Rosewall. For the all-important doubles match, the Aussie selectors broke up the Hoad-Rosewall combination and lost a match that even U.S. Captain Talbert had conceded to Australia. With their team 1-2 behind, the Aussies switched from optimism to bleak pessimism. Only twice in the 54-year history of the Davis Cup had a team managed to overcome such a deficit. Particularly embittered by the loss of the doubles, Aussie fans began calling...
...brand of tennis, won his match in straight sets. Against Belgium's No. 2 player, Jacques Brichant, the U.S.'s Vic Seixas showed nothing but sloppy tennis and a bad case of jitters, beat himself badly in four sets. With the matches even at one apiece, Captain Talbert, a diabetic 35-year-old not even ranked in the U.S.'s first ten, made a bold decision. He withdrew Seixas from the doubles match and substituted himself. Teamed with Trabert, Billy Talbert, a formful stylist at his peak, bounded all over the court to help...