Word: davises
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Whenever the going got rough, an invariable sequence of events always seemed to overtake Italy's two standout tennis stars: lithe Nicola Pietrangeli would weep, towering Orlando Sirola would laugh, and, sooner or later, both would get beaten. But last week in the Davis Cup interzone finals in Perth...
The upset in Perth astounded the tennis world. No Italian team had ever before made the Davis Cup playoff, and not since 1936 had the Americans been shut out. Resigned to defeat, the Italians had even reserved seats on a plane flight leaving for home right after their matches with...
For all the extraordinary miscellany of New York's night life, no club can touch the Latin Quarter-no, not with a tenfoot pole, for sheer expensive tawdriness. Unlike the Copacabana, which concentrates on headliners (Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr.) and surrounds them with half a dozen pretty chorines...
A third man who has hit double figures in both games is the captain, Sid Davis, from Clinton, Tenn. Davis is the sparkplug of the team--running the offense from his guard post, dribbling the opposition crazy, and scoring on drives and jump shots.
Besides Davis, Inman, Dym, and Crichton the starting team lists Ben Crabtree' a powerful cornerman from North Dakota, who was also an All-State selection in high school.