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Word: tamio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...blew little spirals of grey dust across the clay courts of the Chicago Town and Tennis Club William Tatem Tilden II served balls that traveled like gunshots toward a little figure hunched far back of the opposite baseline. The crashing serves generally came back gently, accurately; the little figure, Tamio Abe, champion of Japan, moved quickly from side to side, rarely forward-he knew he couldn't take the net against Tilden's drives, that the best he could do would be to take advantage of errors. Twice Tilden made double-faults and Abe broke through his service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Courts | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

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