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...least-looked as though it had an even chance of bringing the cup back from Australia this December. Dick Savitt, Australian and Wimbledon champion, was thelogical No.1 man in singles. Up & coming Tony Trabert, U.S. clay court champion, could play the No. 2 singles, and team with veteran Billy Talbert in the doubles. Then the paper plans began to go up in smoke. A week after Trabert was ordered to duty with the Navy, Talbert quit the squad to go back to work as a salesman for the Security Banknote Co. in Manhattan...
...endless gossip of the lockerroom, where the players dissect their matches with the fanaticism of shot-by-shot golfers-and remember the precise scores of each match for years-several theories are advanced on just how to beat Savitt. Bill Talbert, 32-year-old Davis Cup veteran and still a quick man on his feet (for three sets), says: "Make him run." Talbert's pal and protégé Tony Trabert, the 20-year-old sensation of the summer circuit, thinks the answer is: "Hit 'em harder." Gardnar Mulloy, a canny old hand at 37, says...
...people. One year there might be 20 guys who, if they beat you, you don't feel bad. Last year there were about three for me. This year there's nobody." Dick's worries (in order): 1) Sedgman and Trabert; 2) Larsen, Flam and Talbert; 3) Patty and McGregor. Those seven, along with Savitt, make an imposing list of talent, but a list without standouts...
...coming Trabert, National Clay Court and Intercollegiate champion (TIME, July 23 et seq.), learned his lesson in less time-three straight sets. Tony, a blaster of driving shots from baseline and net, never could set himself against Talbert's well-placed drives and drop shots, and was constantly on the defensive-a phase of the game he does not understand. The score...
...final, Talbert whipped a tired Mulloy in straight sets. Then the two old hands took an advanced lesson from the Australian Davis Cuppers Frank Sedgnian and Ken MacGregor in the doubles final...