Word: sedgman
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Pinehurst, N.C., Slammin' Sam Snead over the field, with a 13-under-par 275, for his second consecutive (third altogether)North and South open golf title. ¶ In Brisbane, Australian Tennis Champion Frank Sedgman over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, a smashing, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory for the Queensland title. ¶ In Baltimore, the Greentree Stable's One Hitter, twice conqueror of Noor, over a second-rate field for the winner-take-all $15,000 Pimlico Special. ¶ In Manhattan, perennial (22 years) world Court Tennis Champion Pierre Etchebaster (TIME, Dec. 26) over Challenger Alastair Martin...
Schroeder congratulated Larsen on an improved game. Larsen explained his failure: "I lost my touch." In the final, against Australian Champion Frank Sedgman, Schroeder lost his touch too, and with it the Southwest title...
...just trounced the U.S. (four matches to one) for the Davis Cup. But in the National Singles last week, the Aussies played like men still in a happy trance over winning the international cup, and as if anything else was anticlimax. By the quarterfinals, the Australian first-liners-Frank Sedgman, Jack Bromwich and Ken McGregor -had all been upset by less-favored Americans...
...excitement was all over, and Australia had won. Only the formality of the last two singles matches remained. Next day, Sedgman defeated a listless Schroeder with the loss of only six games. The only U.S. consolation was Tom Brown's inspired play against McGregor to win the last match...
...best amateur of 1951. McGregor, a part-time sporting-goods clerk from Melbourne, showed no sign that he had such an opinion. He explained his victory over Schroeder simply: "I never played better in my life." But Australia, with 21-year-old Ken McGregor and 22-year-old Sedgman, appeared to have established a leasehold on the big cup for a few years, at least...