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THE DAILY TAR HEEL; TUESDAY MAY X 1852
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by Biff Roberts;
Vic Seixas has gone a long way since he left the Carolina campus
in the spring of 1949 but he can contribute much of his success in
the tennis world to his interrupted stay here under the tutelage of
personable John Kenfield.
Seixas was always acclaimed as one of the best college players
in the country while he was here but when you look in the Southern
Conference records you don't see his name turn .up as many times as
you would think, considering the outstanding racord he has made
since leaving here.
He was great in dual match competition but when it came to
play in the Conference tournament, Viv was snake bit too many
times.
In his three years of competition here after the war Vic played
in three SC tourneys and he could win only one of those. In 1947
William and Mary's Gardner Larned beat him out for the title.
1948 was his year when he beat Fred Kovaleskie. But in 1949, his
final year, he had Indian trouble again and Kovaleskie defeated
him.
Both Larned and Kovaleskie were first rate tennis players in
their own right and it was no disgrace to lose to them at that time.
Victories For Vic
.
But if you mentioned those names now they just wouldn't fit in
with that of Vic Seixas. These past three years have been meteorous
as far as his game is concerned and his play in this past one has
brought him to the number-one position in the nation.
Even though Vic was baffled by the SC tourney, it was always
easy to see that he had the makings of a champion. He was always
trying and going for the points. With this in mind its not hard to
see how he rose to the top, and now far outshadows thse men who
beat him in' intercollegiate competition.
Vic played on this past Davis Cup squad and although the Ameri
can team fell to the Aussies, he put up a good showing before he
and his Yankee mates fell.
Playing in the singles with Ted Schroeder, Vic gave, us our first
victory by defeating Merwyn Rose. Schroeder in the meantime was
losing to the Aussie's great Frank Sedgman. The next day we lost
the doubles.
In the deciding match Vic was pitted against Sedgman. He put
up a game fight but the Australian had a little too much for him
that day and he went' down in four sets.
Since that time in December Vic has gone on winning just about
everything he's entered and because of his outstanding record has
ben named the top player in the country.
Big Vic and His Sperk
This Davis Cup play and his top ranking mark the apogee ofa
brilliant climb in the tennis world, but, both spots are ones which
Vic certainly deserves., He was a member of that athletic generation
here at Carolina called the Golden Era and he is a perfect example
of what made Jthat era gutter. ;
Plays Sylvia
In Exhibition
At 3 O'Clock
by Vardy Buckalew
Vic Seixas, one of Carolina's
best known athletes, will return
to his Alma Mater today to play
Del Sylvia in a tennis exhibition
at 3 p. m.
Special stands have been
erected around the number-one
varsity, court and there will be
room for approximately 3,500
spectators. The weather forecast
is for showers but it is hoped that
the match can be playecL
There will "also be a doubles
match but it is uncertain as to
who the opponents will be. Bitsy
Grant, another Carolina tennis
great of '30 and '31 and at one
time ranked third in the nation,
has been invited but he "has not
stated yet whether he will make
the trip.
Brown, Payne Play
If he comes, and "Coach Ken
field doubts that he, will, he will
team, up with Siexas to play Herb j
Browne and Bob Payne, the J
newly crowned doubles champs of
the Southern Conference. If he
does not come, Browne will play
with Seixas against Payne and
Clark Taylor, Carolina tennis
captain in 1950.
As a windup to "Vic Seixas
Day" a banquet will be held to- j
night in the Carolina Inn at
7 o'clock. Coach Kenfield has in
vited all, the former Carolina
tennis players' and ohter tennis
enthusiasts of the area and has
received about 110 reservations.
An interesting program has been
planned. -
Wife Here Too
Seixas arrived last night ac
compainenied by his wife, the
former Sally Ann Dunaway of
Spartanburg, S. C. Mrs. Seixas
Us a former Carolina coed and a
member of the Tri Delt sorority.
While a student, Seixas was a
He has always had the potential which is needed to make a
ehampipHe has had the good coaching which Js so necessary to j toi
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A lot of us never got to see Vic play while he was here, or any
of those other Golden Boys for. that matter. This is certainly a
chance we' shouldn't miss. ' - -
There will be 3,500 seats surrounding the number-one varsity
court today and everyone of those seats ought to befilled by
Carolina students and" fans."
Maybe that spark from one of the Golden Era members can
ignite some of the dead wood around here. ...
steile Lawson
fare.
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Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of
j Chapel Hill retained her cham
pionship for the third consecutive
year in the State Women's Ama
teur Golf Tournament Saturday
with a workman-like 5 and 3 vic-
I tory over Mrs. Agnes Morton
Cocke of Charlotte.
Just 20 years ago last week,
Mrs. Page won her first victory
in any golf tournament by beat
ing Jane Cothran of Greenville,
S, C, in the 1932 event "at Sedge
field. By winning the crown for this
year, Mrs. Page kept the distinc
tion of 1 being the only person
ever to win the tournament, which
is sponsored annually by the
Association, because the event has
been in existence only three years.
Mrs. Cocke, who was also runner-up
in the 1950 tourney, pre
sented strong competition through
the first 18 holes of the scheduled
36 hole finals. She was only 2
down after the morning round,
and she captured the 19th hole
with a birdie-3.
Mrs. Page rallied after this,
however, and had increased the
margin to' 4-up by the time they
reached the 25th. After - halving
four in a row, Mrs. Page won
the 30th, but the margin was cut
to 4-up again on the 31st, when
Mrs. Cocke won that one with a
North Carolina Women's. Golf par.
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Bermuda. Seixas played in two
tournaments there in preparation
for the Wimbleton tournament in
England next month. - - -
Seixas had a brilliant career at
Carolina and at the time he was
a student here he was ranked
number seven in the nation.
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