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...Riggs played deep on Kramer's serve, Big Jake put so much angle and spin on the ball that his opponent landed up in the bleachers trying to get his racket on it. If Riggs played in close, Big Jake blasted it straight down the middle. Usually, Kramer won his service in jig time, and then began a long drawn-out battle to crack his opponent's serve. In Memphis last week, a woman spectator began berating Riggs for his ineptness. He waddled toward her with his familiar sailor's roll, racket outstretched handle first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No Contest | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...trekked to Hanover last month for the Dartmouth Carnival, where every girl who has ever slipped on an icy sidewalk endeavors to impress her hosts with a camelback spin. Barbara looks a back on that weekend with whole-fouled pleasure. "I left my skates at Radcliffe," she says happily, "and didn't even see the ice. It was my first real vacation in years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Skater Turns Figures On Ice for St. Paul's Shows | 3/11/1948 | See Source »

...best way to get a cheap call, though, is to spin pennies in the nickel slot." With a smug grin on his face and a tone of confidence in his voice, he explained that "the penny bounces over the coin return slot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Phoners Get Twice As Much For a Nickel, Too | 3/10/1948 | See Source »

Whether or not the Red and Blue is really a "sleeper" which can spin the Varsity's undefeated record will be seen tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the Blockhouse pool, when Captain Chuck Hoelzer and his mates take to the water for the last time before the big meet with Yale next Saturday...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: Powerful Quaker Swimmers May Mar Crimson's Record | 3/6/1948 | See Source »

Although not primarily an all-request show, the disc jockeys will spin telephone requests for early birds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHRV Initiates Dawn Disc - Jockey Program | 3/2/1948 | See Source »

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