Sport: Two Babies and a Fox

On the eve of the Davis Cup matches last week, Australia was in a tennis tizzy that made U.S. excitement over a World Series look pale. Even the impending visit of Queen Elizabeth was crowded off the front pages. Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies got so excited that he arrived for the Melbourne matches an hour and a half early. And one paper, the Melbourne Argus, felt called upon to write an open letter to Australia's two 19-year-old tennis prodigies, Lewis Hoad and Ken Rosewall, trying to take the pressure off the youngsters. Gist...

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