¶ With a spinning left-handed serve that hopped like a hornet, husky Neale Fraser calmly took apart Ohio's towering (6 ft. 3½ in., 185 Ibs.) Barry MacKay, 24, at Forest Hills, by the score of 8-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, to win the Davis Cup for Australia in the fifth and deciding match. The goat was moody Peruvian Alex Olmedo, 23, hero of last year's U.S. victory and rated the world's best amateur. On opening day, Olmedo was routed by Eraser's serve, later helped kick away the doubles. ¶ The bay trotter tossed a shoe...
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