Word: walkerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trial at all for well-bred Britons to keep a stiff upper lip all the way through Dunkirk, the Blitz and Suez. But through eight straight losses to the U.S. in the Walker Cup-now really, chaps, that was a bit much to ask. Englishmen take their golf seriously; after all, they practically invented the game. Actually, it was the Scots-but surely the Empire still stretches that...
...tournament final Sullivan will face the winner of a semifinal match between Frank Ripley, the number two man for the Crimson, and captain-elect Sandy Walker, the number six player. Ripley and Walker will meet Sunday morning at the Longwood Cricket Club...
...Walker began the year in the number eight position, two spots below the lowest place on the team. But he impressed coach Jack Barnaby with his play on the squad's Southern tour, won two challenge matches to make the top six, and had a highly successful season...
...Yale match, Walker outstroked his opponent in three sets to give the varsity one of its three singles victories. And in the New England Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament at Dartmouth last weekend, Walker played the best tennis of his life, beating second-seeded Bent Aasnaes of M.I.T. in straight sets and whipping Dave Smoyer, Dartmouth's number one player, in the quarterfinals. He plays teammate Frank Ripley in the semifinals, probably next week...
...Walker is a backcourt player, noted or graceful ground strokes that win him the majority of his points, but he also has a strong serve and a good net game...