Into New York's Madison Square Garden last week trouped the biggest crowd (17,200) that has ever watched a tennis match in the U. S. The attraction was California's long, ambling Ellsworth Vines, world's ablest professional since 1933, against England's sleek, light-footed Frederick John Perry, world's ablest amateur since 1933, making his professional debut.
Off the canvas-covered court an hour and a half later staggered Vines and Perry. Recuperating from grippe before the match, both were so ill that by the time reporters reached it, the locker-room looked like a clinic. Vines had a...
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