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When U.S. Davis Cup Captain Billy Talbert led his team to Australia this fall, he was feeling pretty chipper about U.S. chances. After all, he had the U.S. champion, Tony Trabert, 23, and the Wimbledon champion, Vic Seixas, 30-a nice blend of youth and experience. After his champions had been bounced out of a couple of Australian warmup tournaments, Captain Talbert stiffened his lip and switched to a "don't-count-us-out" attitude. But confident Aussie bookies decided they had seen enough, counted out the Americans as 3-1 underdogs in the Davis Cup finals with Australia...
...opening match against Belgium's Philippe Washer, the U.S.'s Tony Trabert showed the Aussies a fine 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...
...Lawn Tennis Association released its tentative national rankings, naming U.S. Champion Tony Trabert No. 1, ahead of Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas. Top-ranked woman, for the third straight year: U.S., Wimbledon and Aus-ralian Champion Maureen Connolly...
...York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics swapped 11 players yesterday. Major figures in the trade were first baseman Eddie Robinson and pitcher Harry Byrd who went to the Yankees and the Athletics in turn received Negro first baseman Vic Power, outfielder Bill Renna, and first baseman Don Bollweg...
...Vic Theater (Sat. 6 p.m., NBC). Romeo and Juliet, with Claire Bloom, Alan Badel...