Tennis: Quick Trip to Wicomico

Wicomico County, Maryland, is not exactly Wimbledon, which may explain why the world's top tennis players were in such a rush to get out of town last week. For the third year in a row, the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center was the site of the prestigious National Indoor Championships, and except for the Australians, who stayed home in the

Southern Hemisphere sun, tennis' big-name stars all put in an appearance. Dennis Ralston, the U.S.'s top amateur, was on hand, along with Negro Arthur Ashe, back from a triumphal tour of Australia. The...

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