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...back court rallies with a slow but effective chop-stroke, won the first set 6-4. Vines, driving to the corners, made Doeg cover his court in pendulum fashion through the next two sets, won them both at 6-3. In the fourth set, Doeg went to the net whenever he could, ran up a three-game lead and won, 6-3. In the sixth game of the last set, Vines kissed his racket when a smash he had hit with the frame dropped into the court for an ace. The ace helped him break Doeg's service...
Great Britain as a whole showed last week her largest population of all time- 44,790.485. Net loss of population by emigration in the ten-year period just closed was only 177,000, this being less than for either of the two previous decades and proving again that Britons, although great go-outers, are also great come-homers...
Tilden's own newspaper accounts of the matches were revealing. Excerpts: "It was greater severity, both off the ground and at the net, that beat Kinsey. . . . He lacked the punch to hold me off. . . . His lack of power was due to his long battle with Albert Burke. ... I was at my best and have seldom hit with greater accuracy and severity combined...
...Betty Nuthall. The other, Fraulein Cecilie ("Cilly") Aussem, a demure little brunette who played well in the French champion ships last month, decided to take no chances. They stood as far back in the court as possible, banged the ball until | one put it out or in the net. Fräulein ! Krahwinkel hit the ball harder, hit it out or in the net more frequently. Fräulein Aussem, wearing an eyeshade and a pre occupied air, looked a little like Mrs. Helen Wills Moody. She won the first set, 6-2, fell down hard in the second but finally...
Such consideration led to these modifications: i) Bonuses will be determined by Chairman Schwab and a committee of bonusless directors; 2) Bonuses will be computed after depreciation, must never exceed 8% of net income; 3) Officers hitherto on a "small salary," such as President Grace who last year received $12,000, will henceforth receive "normal salaries"; 4) Full publicity will be given all awards...