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...Died. Jiro Satoh. 26. captain of Japan's Davis Cup team, onetime ninth ranking player of the world; by leaping into the sea from a liner bound for England and the second Davis Cup round (with Australia); off Singapore. Lately he had been nervous, off his game, had wanted to return to Japan but tennis officials urged him to continue to England. His fiancee. Sanaye Okada, also a tennis player, said his last letters had not been despondent...
Fred Perry of England, defending his Pacific Southwest Tennis Championship, which for the last five years has been won by the man who wins the U. S. title a year later: his match against Jiro Satoh in the final, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5; at Los Angeles. Ellsworth Vines lost to Intercollegiate Champion Jack Tidball in the quarterfinals...
...Vivian McGrath who pronounces his name "McGraw," lopes around the court like a kangaroo, holds his racquet with both hands when hitting off his left side, is a month younger than Parker. Son of a Mudgee, N. S. W., farmer, he beat Vines in Australia last winter, spry little Jiro Satoh in last summer's Davis Cup matches. Unlikely to get far at Forest Hills, the experience will help him become, with Crawford, the mainstay of Australia's Davis Cup team...
...Wimbledon this year Japan's Jiro Satoh was allowed to serve two games in succession by mistake against Britain's Bunny Austin. The rules say that all points scored before discovery of the mistake shall count. But if the game is finished, the altered service order shall remain...
...Frederick Perry, No. 2 tennist of England: the Pacific Southwest Championship; beating tiny Jiro Satoh of Japan. 6-2, 6-4. 7-5, in the final after Satoh had beaten Champion Ellsworth Vines Jr. 6-4. 6-4; at Los Angeles...