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...tennis-an utterly unorthodox player who is also a superlatively good one. Unable to give eye-witness reports of McGrath or to publish adequate photographs of him, U. S. tennis writers had to rely on descriptions by U. S. players who had seen him in action. Said Wilmer Allison: "McGrath will go right to the top with that funny backhand. I don't know who is going to beat him in a year...
...Allison 2. Harper...
Besides Mary Ball Washington, Eliza Ballou Garfield, Nancy Allison McKinley and Sarah Delano Roosevelt, two other women lived to see their sons elected President of the U. S.: Jane Knox Polk and Hannah Simpson Grant.-ED. Letter-Writer...
Married. Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr., 20, U. S. tennis champion; and one Verle Low, 21; at Pasadena, Calif. They set out for Australia on a four-month exhibition tour with other U. S. tennists (Wilmer Allison, John Van Ryn, Keith Gledhill...
...Cochet's misplays, as much as Bernard's, cost the French team a long listless match with Vines & Gledhill, 16-14, 3-6, 4-6, 9-7, 6-2. Almost everyone expected, on the showing of the teams in the semifinals, that Van Ryn & Allison would reverse the beating they took from Vines & Gledhill in the Newport final last fortnight. Instead, Vines suddenly went to the very peak of his game, dominated the match completely, poured into court a stream of bullet serves, volleys at incredible angles, drives that caught Van Ryn & Allison ankle-high...