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Another group, led by a Lieutenant Masayoshi Yamagishi, a man of action, burst in. "No use talking," said Yamagishi. "Fire!" One assassin shot Inukai in the neck, another in the stomach. They all ran out and hurried to police headquarters, armed with pistols and grenades, expecting a fight. The place was empty. They drove to the Bank of Japan, threw a grenade at the door. Then they went to the military gendarmerie and surrendered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Japan's Collective Führer | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...foreign field seemed to present a more effective picture. It was one of the largest and best to appear at Forest Hills in recent years, including Japan's No. 1 Jiro Yamagishi, France's No. 2 Yvon Petra, England's No. 2 Charles Edgar Hare. England's No. 1 Bunny Austin was not there, but Budge had already given him a conclusive beating this year in the Davis Cup challenge round. The player who seemed to stand firmly in Donald Budge's path, however, was none of these. At Forest Hills for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champions at Forest Hills | 9/13/1937 | See Source »

...Robert Riggs, 19-year-old Californian: the 47th annual Meadow Club tennis tournament ; by default, when his final-round opponent, Japanese Champion Jiro Yamagishi, quit because of a strained shoulder; at Southampton, L. I. For Riggs it was the third match he had won by default in eight days, having so defeated onetime Wimbledon Champion Sidney Wood in the quarter-finals two days before and onetime U. S. Champion Wilmer Allison in the final of the Seabright tournament week before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Aug. 16, 1937 | 8/16/1937 | See Source »

...Francisco, After a winter of bickering as to who would be the ablest partner for red-haired Donald Budge, U. S. No. 1, the U. S. Davis Cup Committee finally picked Frank Parker for No. 2 singles man, Gene Mako for Budge's doubles partner. Against Jiro Yamagishi, Japanese singles champion, Parker surprised everyone by winning the only match about which there was much doubt, 6-3, 2-6, 8-6, 6-1. His teammates handily won the other four, qualified to meet Australia in the American Zone final at Forest Hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

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