Word: champed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...next week, but the tournament is her big chance. The lanky Negro girl, who went from paddle tennis in Harlem to victory at Wimbledon (and is this week's TIME cover subject), is by all odds the leading contender. Shy by nature, wary of her turbulent success, the champ was a closemouthed subject for Reporter Serrell Hillman, dropped her guard only when Hillman spent a week at her side, trailed her to Chicago for the Clay Courts championship and scoured the suburbs for a supply of the pure honey she takes for prematch energy. Althea eventually gave Hillman...
...Says Tony Trabert: "She hits the ball hard and plays like a man. She runs and covers the court better than any of the other women." Says Promoter Jack Kramer, who eventually would like to get Althea into the pro ranks: "She has the best chance to be a champ in the manner of Alice Marble that I've seen...
...heart." But she was also learning the rough side of being on top. "No matter what accomplishments you make," she says, "somebody helps you. People saw me going up there, and now they want to ride on the wagon. Whenever I hear anyone call me 'Champ,' I think there's something behind...
Though she is near the top of a remarkable uphill career, suspicion still often lowers over the champ's warm, infrequent smile. It is only half an hour by subway from Harlem to Forest Hills, and in many ways Althea is still close to home...
...still greater than she is." Darlene Hard, who went to the Wimbledon finals with Althea last month and will probably give her her toughest competition at Forest Hills, is even more emphatic: "Althea improved 400% in the last four years. She's the world's champ-and doggone it, she's earned...