¶ Australia's Frank Sedgman, new U.S. National men's singles champion, and Maureen Connolly, new National women's singles queen (TIME, Sept. 17), the Pacific Southwest tennis championships; in Los Angeles. Playing on the Los Angeles Tennis Club's cement courts, Sedgman swept to his victory in the final over Cincinnati's Tony Trabert, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, while Maureen, a day short of her 17th birthday, defeated Santa Monica's Beverly Baker, 9-7, 6-4. ¶Professional Golfer Betsy Rawls, 23, of Austin, Texas, the Women's National Open, with a 72-hole total score of 293; in Atlanta. In...
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