Word: tennist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alexander Kyle, 32-year-old Scot: the British Amateur Golf Championship; defeating Welshman Anthony Duncan, 2 & i, in the final; at Holyake, England. Of the five U. S. entrants-Defending Champion Charlie Yates, famed Tennist Ellsworth Vines, Connecticut Socialite Dick Chapman, "Trailer" Bill Holt of Syracuse and one Ned Phillips of Philadelphia-"Trailer" Bill Holt lasted longest (semifinal...
...World's No. 1 Tennist Donald Budge: the concluding match of a coast-to-coast U. S. professional tennis tour opposite Fred Perry, his predecessor as world's No. 1 tennist; at White Plains, N. Y. Of 36 matches played, Budge...
...Rockefeller-founded University of Chicago, a student who wanted to play tennis on the university courts could not produce either his tuition card or the 15? fee. Finally, after he signed the register, the attendant doubtfully admitted him. The dimeless tennist: John D.'s grandson, David Rockefeller...
...reasons Cinemactress Helen Vinson gave last December for suing Fred Perry for divorce was his insisting that she sit through all his tennis matches. Last week, after Tennist Perry had been trounced three times in a row by Donald Budge on their first joint professional tour, Miss Vinson withdrew suit, rejoined her husband...
...calls squash, is equivalent to three times as much straight lawn tennis. Ideal for winter exercise, it can be learned in six months, is low on breakage and not too strenuous for any active man. It has recently attracted many women players. Most notable: British Margot Lumb, who beat Tennist Helen Jacobs last fall in the women's tennis at Forest Hills. The U. S. amateur championship, contested last month in Chicago, was won by Donald Strachan of Philadelphia...