Sport: Beauty at the Baseline

The tall young man from Tennessee's Maryville College stared at the girl across the net and served viciously. The ball came back. For the next 30 minutes his best drives kept coming back at him with maddening regularity. He began to net his returns and overdrive the baseline. At last he ran up to shake the hand of his conquerer: the University of Chattanooga's Marilyn Voges. The score: 6-0, 6-0.

Beating men is nothing new to 19-year-old Marilyn Voges. Since she made the varsity as a freshman last season, she has been in continuous competition with males, has lost only one singles...

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