HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-01-15, Page 7Defied Killer
To Win Trophy
No other sports tournament
can rival the Davis Cup for the
way in which the , honors go'
sound. Great Britain, Australia,
France and the United States
have all held the trophy for a
,period of years without inter-
ruption. Once they lose, usually
they have taken years to get it
back again,
Just now, over in Britain
'there are signs that they are get-
ting strong enough to make a
real challenge once more, and
that the 20 -odd years "in the
wilderness" are coming to an
end. This story of a week-
end in Paris in 1933, which end-
ed in the Cup's returning to
Britain after an absence of 21
years - a victory which ended
the hoodoo that seemed to haunt
the players and shattered
France's domination of this tam-
ous international lawn tennis
event.
France had held the Cup since
1927 after two years as losing
finalists. In all those eight years
they had relied on only four
players — Jean Bolotra, Rene
Lacoste, Jacques Brugnon and
Henri Cochet — the "Four Mus-
keteers", as they were called
Now the team was breaking up.
Lacoste had retired and in hie
place the French authorities
were giving a chance to a new-,
comer named Andre Merlin.
The draw brought Merlin on
court in the first match, against
Austin. The Englishman, anxi-
ous to strike a quick demoraliz-
ing blow, swept his young op-
ponent off' the court in less than
an hour: the score,•.6-3, 6-4, 6-0,
tells its own story.
Cochet revived French hopes
with a display against Perry that
had the strongly partisan crowd
cheering for minutes on end anct
that had an unexpected yet im-
portant sequel. The veteran
Frenchman followed Austin's
example and gave his opponent
no chance to settle down. He
was leading 4-1 before. Perry
began to get a grip on himself
and pulled back to 4-4.
Five times Cochet was within
a stroke of winning the set, yet
each time Perry pulled him
• back. Then the Englishman
served a double-lealt to lose at
10-8.
This upset Perry and he could
do nothing right at the start of
the second. Cochet led 4-2 be-
fore the Englishman recovered
his touch to draw level, take the
lead, and finally coast home at
6-4, and when he took the first
two games in the third set the
ninatch seemed over.
But Coohet,, far: from spent,
pulled up to lead •5-3 and was
in sight of capturing' the set.
Once more, however, fortunes
turned and again Perry drew
level, finally winning at 8-6.
The two men had been -playing
bard for nearly two hour's in
tropical heat. Coehet looked tir-
ed, but after trailing 34 he took
The next five games to draw
level at two sets all. Immedi-
ately pandemonium broke out,
and it was some minutes before
order could be restored and the
game resumed.
•
• Perry realized be had' lost the
sot through being too anxious to
Win It quickly, and he did not
repeat his error in the decider.
Instead, it was Cochet who
"blew up" to lose at 6-1.
Next day the French pair won
the doubles so the last day be-
gan with, Britain leading 2-1,
Austin facing the wily Cochet.
Lacking Perry's stamina, "Bun-
ny" tired after winning the first
Set,
Coohet became the hero of the,
French crowd with a win fit
1l-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to make
the series two all.
As Perry and Merlin came out
for ' the deciding match, the,
crowd's sympathies naturally
were with the young French,-
man.
renchman. He had the responsibility'
Of trying to keep the Cup in
France against the man who was
proving himself the greatest
British player of his genera-
tion. Would nerves ruin Merlin,
or would the tide of enthusiasm
inspire him to win?
For a time it seemed the
crowd and Merlin would prove
an unbeatable combination. Per-
ry, plainly affected by the
cheering, lost the first set 6-4.
After leading 4-3 in the second
he lost his -service and the next
game.
Merlin needed only one point
for the set, and the crowd went
crazy. With a 2-0 lead, he seem-
ed set to win. But Perry, grit.
ting his teeth, grimly returned
everything, -and at last the young
Frenchman, overcome by the ex-
• citement, cracked. He lost that
vital point; Perry pulled up and
took the set at 8-6 to level the
match and skated through the
next at 6-2. -
Merlin made One last effort.
As against Cochet two days pre
viously, Perry became too eager
to finish it, and his 4-1 lead in
the fourth set was whittled away
anti Merlin got to within a point
of 6-6.
The Frenchman had now be-
come the killer at the net. Four
successive s`t"rokes from him
were all smashes. Yet each
time Perry returned them. His
fourth "miracle" return was all
that was necessary. Merlin could
not get the ball across again.
Perry had won the point and
quickly took the set and the
match.
The Davis Cup had gone back
to Britain. Appropriately, it
stayed there as long as Perry
remained in the Davis Cup team.
During World War II, a pri-
vate and a sergeant were court-
martialed for striking a colonel.
Asked why he had done it,
the sergeant explained that the
colonel, while passing down the
line of review, had stepped' on
his sore foot.
"Instinctively," said the ser-
, geant, "I threw up my guard,
like anyone would do, and let
him have it before I realized•
what had actually happened. It
was an accident, I can assure
you."
Then the buck private was
asked for his explanation. "Well,
you see, sir," he replied, "when
I saw the sergeant strike the
colonel, I thought the war was
Over."
ON THEIR WAY HOME — Princess (frac. of Monaco posed with
her husband, Prince Rainier, ds they boarded•a plane to return,
home for Christmas. They had been in the States on a vaca-
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The Soviet Union has been
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United States now the United
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It has been throwing millions
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on the most popular American,
way out front in that Gallup
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In one Far Eastern country,
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A best seller on the streets
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The popularity of these paper-
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available.
'The book program, under the
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foreign publishers in the publi-
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tion of these editions.
Since that time, more than
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in 50 languages.
For many years, Soviet Com-
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ly low prices, have been flooding
the book markets of the world,
or have been given away free.
This country has entered the
battle of the books—that is, the
battle to tell the American story
through its own literature
under a three-part program. This
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in the production of hard cover
but inexpensive, books; produc-
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the sale 'abroad by American
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The latter program is made at-
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by which the government guar-
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into dollars the foreign curren-
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their books in foreign bookstores,
Interest abroad in Americans
and their country is indicated by
the "best sellers" among the
translations—solve of which, in-
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presses under the most primitive
publishing conditions.
American capitalism has been
so denounced by Soviet Russia''
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about it, apparently. A4 any rate
one of the most popular transla-
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by Frederick M. Stern, published
in 25 languages.
Another "best seller" is Fred-
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by Stephen Vincent Benet;
"USA.: The Permanent Revolu-
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17 languages.
"The,Fall of a Titan" by Igor
Gouzenko, hi 17 languages, and
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indicating curiosity also • in de-
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Such classics as John Stuart
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in some countries. The "Essay on
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after its publication there.
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seminar discussions.
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into Soviet Russia or its satel-
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The Yugoslays have been par-
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Generals Eisenhower, Clark, and
Bradley, but also go for such
books as "The Sea Around Us"
by Rachel Carson; "The Life of
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Dick"; and works on the Ameri-
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one of this country's best long-
range foreign programs. But it is
still far smaller in scope than
that .of the Soviet Union which
prints many millions of books
annually for; distribution abroad,
with stepped-up output to such
areas as the Near and Middle
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One Russian publication, inci-
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title: "Goldilocks and the Three
Bears," but not as familiar is the
name of the author: "Leo Tol-
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A. staid gentlemen, honorary
judge at a horse show, .was, up-
set by the dress of some of the
girls,
"Just look at that young per-
ton with the poodle cut, the
cigarette and the blue jeans," he
decried to.a bystander. "Is it a
boy or a gttl?"
'It's a girl. She's my Baugh-
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"Oh, forgive lne sir," apolo-
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dreamed you were her father."
"I'm not," snapped the other.
"I'm her mother."
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