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Despite his stocky football player's build, pugnacious Chuck McKinley danced, pranced and pirouetted around Wimbledon's center court last week like a souped-up Nijinsky. The gallery loved it. What had been shaping up as the dullest Wimbledon tournament of the century was suddenly infused with zest and excitement, and the credit belonged entirely to the 20-year-old, 5-ft. 8-in., 163 lb. dynamo from St. Louis. "Chunky Chuck looks like a rock but moves like a dragonfly," said a British newsman. Marveled the London Times: "He plays most of the time with both feet...
...McKinley was not yet ready for Australia's canny, flame-haired Rod ("The Rocket") Laver, 22, seeded second. Laver was in danger of becoming Wimbledon's perennial bridesmaid: two years ago he lost the final to Peru's flashy Alex Olmedo, now a pro; last year Fraser beat him. This time Laver made it, and in only 55 minutes. With the score tied 3-3 in the first set, Laver broke through McKinley's service, won nine out of the next ten games for a commanding 6-3, 6-1 lead. He let up briefly...
...golden days of amateur tennis, the road to a pro contract was paved with silverware from Wimbledon and Forest Hills. No longer. Stripped of nearly all its top-rank players, amateur tennis is in the doldrums, and Pro Promoter Jack Kramer has been forced to develop his own stars. Best of Kramer's new proteges is Spain's Andres Gimeno, an agile 23-year-old who never won a major amateur tournament...
Married. Jesse Edward ("Budge") Patty, 37, expatriate, happy-go-lucky party boy of amateur tennis (he worked occasionally as a travel agent and movie bit player), winner of the 1950 Wimbledon title; and Maria Marcina Sfezzo, 29, ash-blonde daughter of a Brazilian engineering magnate; both for the first time; in Lausanne, Switzerland...
Last week the desperate regular cabmen swooped down on another minicab, again in Belgrave Square. But Owner Tom Sylvester is buying 75 more Fiats to add to the 25 he already has. In suburban Wimbledon, a fleet of minicabs is being expanded to 50. And canny Michael Gotla has placed an order for 800 Renault Dauphines that will be cruising the streets of London before the end of the year...