Sport: Exit Pauline

In Monte Carlo, between matches, the tawny-eyed queen of U.S. amateur tennis got her first hint of trouble back home. The rulers of amateur tennis wanted to know whether Pauline Betz had turned pro. She ignored their cable, went back on court and proceeded to lose unexpectedly to Rumania's Magda Rurak. Pauline did not alibi; she said offhandedly: "Maybe I brought a little happiness to Rumania."

In Paris last week, with the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association's cable still not answered, Champion Pauline Betz was outlawed from amateur tennis. "I'm not going to sit in a corner and cry about this," she said....

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