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...couple of weeks ago and I hope to keep on improving down the stretch here.” The Crimson and the Blue Devils traded forfeits at 125 lbs. and 133 lbs. before Meltzer’s streak of 13 consecutive wins was abruptly snapped by unseeded Philip Wightman, who defeated the tri-captain with a pinfall victory. After a win at 149 lbs. for the Blue Devils in which Daniel Shvartsman edged out Button, 7-6 Latessa had a close win of his own, defeating his opponent, 4-3. In the end, the Blue Devils sealed the victory after...
...recent study of 90,000 law-school applicants by Linda Wightman of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro illustrates both the challenge of recruiting minorities and the payoff. She found that of the 3,485 blacks accepted by law schools in 1991, just 687 would have been admitted only on the basis of board exams and grades. Yet these same minority students had graduation and bar-exam pass rates similar to whites'--and they had an incalculable value to the black community, as both professionals and role models...
...keep my mind off the game. I hope that when I come back to the circuit, I will feel really refreshed." A touch of Borg's off-court charm had rubbed off on the bumptious Big Mac. At a White House reception for U.S. Davis Cup and Wightman Cup teams, McEnroe seemed to bewitch First Lady Nancy Reagan, 60, with his new-found gentility. He was unable, however, to coax President Reagan, 70-who prefers his mornings on horseback-onto the court. "I used to play when I was younger," said the President...
...American crown after nine tries. She has long since yielded her claims to the title of "the youngest ..." to the girls in pigtails: Tracy Austin won the finals of the U.S. Open at 16; Kathy Rinaldi played at Wimbledon at 14; Andrea Jaeger was the youngest Wightman Cup player at 15. But the ultimate superlative is well within her reach. At 26, Evert Lloyd is just a handful of major championships away from being proclaimed the greatest woman player ever...
...Died. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, 87, "Queen Mother of American Tennis"; in Chestnut Hill, Mass. In over four decades of play, Wightman won 45 titles and a spot in the Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1919 she donated the premier prize in international women's tennis, the Wightman...