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...Next afternoon, when Kramer and Schroeder (twice U.S. doubles champions, in 1940-41) teamed up against Bromwich and Adrian Quist, it was Schroeder's day again. Even though he made winning shots look difficult where Kramer made them look easy, it was Schroeder who carried the load with his smashing net game. That clinched the Cup for the U.S., for the first time since 1938. Another two-man U.S. team, Big Bill Tilden and Little Bill Johnston had taken the Davis Cup from the Australians in the same way 26 years...
...Wrote Koets: "The picture in general is of a society consolidating itself, and not in the course of dissolution. . . . What struck me was the quiet and peacefulness. The farmer is busy on the farm, the women planting or harvesting, the people gathered at the market place, peddlers with heavy loads along the roads, the dogtrot of the carrier with his load on his back, a merchant on his way to the next village. . . . I had a long talk with a Republican leader whom I'd known in Holland. He used the comparison with water in the course of freezing...
Instructors affected by the Congressional ruling will have the option, according to the Union, of reducing their teaching load "to the point where their allowance from the Veterans Administration will not be reduced." Extra time made available for their own studies, the Union statement added, "should shorten the period during which they will be subject to such income restrictions...
They could be sure of a clamorous welcome wherever they went-at least outside the New York City area. From every city they had visited, alluring invitations continued to pour in. Philadelphia bolstered its earlier bid with a station-wagon load of new maps and photographs. In from San Francisco, Mayor Roger Lapham hurriedly rushed around New York with a final sales talk...
Regular meet events will be altered slightly to enable all of the men, some of whom have never swam competitively, to take part. Four upper Freshmen, Grover, Sicular, Phinny, and Chamberlin, are expected to carry the brunt of the load until they join Coach Hal Ulen's varsity in February, although the lineup for today will not be decided upon until immediately before the meet...