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Last year's Freshman mitmen have contributed a powerhouse of material in the persons of Arthur Rotche '38, who was undefeated in his first-year of collegiate competition, and John Duane '38 finalist in the Golden Gloves boxing matches at Chicago, sponsored by the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Richard F. Baum '37, undefeated during his Freshman year, is back again to stir things up in the 155-pound class with A. H. Corbett '37, whose injured hands last season forced him out of the running, but who now has a clean bill of health from the doctor...
Other men who have entered the quarter-final round to date are Lynford Lardner '37, amateur champion of Wisconsin, George Enos '37, seeded number three, who was a quarter-finalist in the National Amateurs last year, Louts Allis, Jr. '38, and Norman Mendleson...
...weather-beaten, drawling, lantern-jawed Texan, Wilmer Allison has been one of the ten best tennists in the U. S. since 1928. He has been a member of six Davis Cup teams, has been a finalist at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Nonetheless, although he had won four doubles titles, until last week he had never won a major singles championship. This season, most critics thought from Allison's performance abroad, when he lasted only one round at Wimbledon, lost to Perry, Austin and von Cramm in Davis Cup play, that, at 30, he had passed his peak...
Wilmer Allison is ranked No. 1 in U. S. tennis today largely because he was the finalist who carried Perry to five sets at Forest Hills last September. A sunburned, drawling Texan who has been in the first ten since 1928, Allison's main assets are a well-rounded assortment of dependable, aggressive strokes, a good tennis head and a desire to make some reparation for his calamitous failure in last month's Davis Cup challenge round (TIME, Aug. 5). Equally impressive are his drawbacks. He has never beaten Perry. At 30, he finds two five-set singles...
...Sapling went to Gangster's son, Tiz A Gangster, also owned by John Pesek. Ed McGinnis of Miami paid a reputed $1,000 for Rhu, got $600 back next day when Rhu won the Futurity. In the Derby, Gangster easily took the lead from his co-finalist, Sunny Sahara, reached the rabbit four lengths ahead. He missed on the dive and Sahara made the kill, but judges gave the cup to Gangster. Third place in the Derby went to another of Gangster's progeny. Shadow Son of Gangster. Proud John Pesek promptly planned to up Gangster...