Word: wimbledon
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...been eight years since a Yank vaulted the net at Wimbledon, and Texas' Chuck McKinley, 22, could be pardoned if his form looked a little rusty. But he cleared it with inches to spare. Then, with a wild whoop of joy, he hippety-hopped up to the royal box, where Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent, handed him the silver trophy that goes to the winner of the All-England tennis championships - the world's most important tennis tournament...
...seeded Ann Haydon Jones, and found herself playing Australia's top-seeded Margaret Smith in the women's finals. Not bad for a girl who could hardly see her own racket without her glasses on. No matter what happened next, little Miss Moffit was the darling of Wimbledon last week...
...Charley, you missed that one," he hollers after a bad shot, and he drew a four-month suspension from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association when he angrily heaved his racket into the stands during a 1960 Davis Cup match in Australia. In 1961 McKinley fought his way into the Wimbledon finals, only to lose to Australia's Rod Laver...
...Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Daytona "Firecracker 400" Stock Car Championship, from Daytona Beach, Fla. Also, men's singles finals of All-England Tennis Championships from Wimbledon, England...
Margaret Rutherford was born in London in 1892. Her mother died when she was three. She was raised by an aunt, went to school in Wimbledon, and took her training at the Old Vic School of Acting...