Sport: Kozeluh v. Richards

Two years ago Karel Kozeluh, Czechoslovakian professional, and blond, laconic Vincent Richards played in the finals of the national professional tennis singles championship and Richards won. Last year they played again and Kozeluh won. The finals for the championship is the most important of their yearly matches, but they play often. On dirt courts in vacant lots in Manhattan and its suburbs, in the presence of the kind of people who do not usually attend tennis matches, Kozeluh and Richards play again and again for $1 and $2 admissions. Sometimes one wins, sometimes...

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