The Story of the Davis Cup
Author : Alan Trengove
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 1985-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780091598600
Author : Alan Trengove
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 1985-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780091598600
Author : Arthur Wallis Myers
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Davis Cup
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Davis Cup
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Author : Stephen Wallis Merrihew
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Tennis
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Davis Cup
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Author : Dennis C. Coombe
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 38,6 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Davis Cup
ISBN :
Tennis, Geschichte, Davis-cup.
Author : Arthur Wallis MYERS
Publisher :
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 1913
Category :
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Author : Dennis C. Coombe
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 1949
Category :
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Author : Marshall Jon Fisher
Publisher : Crown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 030739395X
Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound. But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life. Budge, the humble hard-working American who would soon become the first man to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year, vied to keep the Davis Cup out of the hands of the Nazi regime. On the other side of the net, the immensely popular and elegant von Cramm fought Budge point for point knowing that a loss might precipitate his descent into the living hell being constructed behind barbed wire back home. Born into an aristocratic family, von Cramm was admired for his devastating good looks as well as his unparalleled sportsmanship. But he harbored a dark secret, one that put him under increasing Gestapo surveillance. And his situation was made even more perilous by his refusal to join the Nazi Party or defend Hitler. Desperately relying on his athletic achievements and the global spotlight to keep him out of the Gestapo’s clutches, his strategy was to keep traveling and keep winning. A Davis Cup victory would make him the toast of Germany. A loss might be catastrophic. Watching the mesmerizingly intense match from the stands was von Cramm’s mentor and all-time tennis superstar Bill Tilden–a consummate showman whose double life would run in ironic counterpoint to that of his German pupil. Set at a time when sports and politics were inextricably linked, A Terrible Splendor gives readers a courtside seat on that fateful day, moving gracefully between the tennis match for the ages and the dramatic events leading Germany, Britain, and America into global war. A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.
Author : Nancy Kriplen
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cabinet officers
ISBN : 9780091868505
Dwight Davis was born in St Louis in 1879. He took up tennis at the age of 15, competing in the US national championships a year later. At Harvard, he began specializing in doubles play, and won the US doubles championship in 1899. This is the story of the man who founded the Davis Cup in 1900.