Any ballboy could tell that American tennis fortunes were certainly looking up. Why, any one of three Yanks had a good shot at Wimbledon last week. First there was the defending champion: chunky Chuck McKinley, 23, the acrobatic Texan who breezed to victory in 1963 without even losing a set. Then came Frank Froehling, 22, a finalist in last summer's U.S. championships at Forest Hills. And finally there was Dennis Ralston, 21, who teamed with McKinley just last December to beat Australia for the Davis Cup.
In 88 years storied old Wimbledon has seen a lot of bad performances, but...
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