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Nancy Morrison
Nancy Morrison Orthwein (June 21, 1927 – August 8, 2015) was an American tennis player. Morrison, raised in Palm Beach, Florida, was the granddaughter of William Harley DaCamara, who was founder and president of Palm Beach Mercantile Company. She was born in Washington D.C and had two brothers. A collegiate tennis player for Rollins College, Morrison won the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate singles title. In 1950 she took part in the Wimbledon Championships for the only time and in the same tour finished runner-up to Gussie Moran at the Kent Championships. She twice reached the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships. Her doubles partnership with Barbara Scofield ranked as high as fourth in the United States. Morrison was the second wife of business executive Adolphus Busch Orthwein Adolphus Busch Orthwein, also known as Dolph Orthwein, (September 2, 1917 - November 25, 2013) was an American heir and business executive. Biography Adolphus Busch Orthwein was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 French Championships – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Doris Hart defeated Patricia Todd (tennis), Patricia Todd 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1950 French Championships (tennis), 1950 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Doris Hart is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Margaret duPont ''(quarterfinals)'' # Louise Brough ''(semifinals)'' # Doris Hart ''(champion)'' # Patricia Todd (tennis), Patricia Todd ''(finalist)'' # Shirley Fry ''(quarterfinals)'' # Annalisa Bossi ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rita Anderson (tennis), Rita Anderson ''(third round)'' # Joan P. Curry ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = wild card (tennis), Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired (tennis), Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 References External links * on the French Open website {{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Women's Singles,1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Palm Beach, Florida
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis People From Florida
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Female Tennis Players
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2015 Deaths
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1927 Births
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Adolphus Busch Orthwein
Adolphus Busch Orthwein, also known as Dolph Orthwein, (September 2, 1917 - November 25, 2013) was an American heir and business executive. Biography Adolphus Busch Orthwein was born on September 2, 1917, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was Percy Orthwein and his mother, Clara Busch. His maternal great-grandfather, Adolphus Busch, was the founder of Anheuser-Busch. He grew up at Grant's Farm in Grantwood Village, Missouri and summered at Red River Farm in Cooperstown, New York. Orthwein was kidnapped by Charles Abernathy, an unemployed realtor, "a lone negro with a revolver" according to the ''New York Times'', on New Year's Eve in 1930, when he was thirteen years old. His abductor's father, Pearl Abernathy, returned Orthwein to his family on New Year's Day. Orthwein graduated from Yale University in 1940. During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, tracking German submarines in the Caribbean Sea. He served in the United States Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Scofield
Barbara Scofield (born June 24, 1926) is an American former tennis player. Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park. With the Argentine Enrique Morea, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the French Championships in 1950, and the following year, she was a runner-up in the women's doubles event with Beryl Bartlett. Scofield‘s best singles result at the Wimbledon Championships was reaching the quarterfinals in 1950, losing to third-seeded Doris Hart. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1948 and 1951, partnering Helen Rihbany and Betty Rosenquest respectively. Scofield won the singles title at the 1955 Eastern Grass Court Championships in South Orange, New Jersey. Scofield was inducted into the United States Tennis Association The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Open (tennis)
The US Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens, New York. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year. The other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. The US Open starts on the last Monday of August and continues for two weeks, with the middle weekend coinciding with the US Labor Day holiday. The tournament is of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles and men's doubles were first played in August 1881. It is the only Grand Slam that was not affected by cancellation of World War I and World War II or interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The tournament consists of five primary championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The tournament also includes events for senior, junior, and wheelchair pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Championships
The Kent Championships also known as the Kent All-Comers' Championships was a tennis tournament held in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, England between 1886 and 1996 and was held in the first half of June. From 1887 until 1910 the tournament was organized as an All-Comers event, the winner of which would play the title holder from previous year in the Challenge Round. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts at Beckenham Cricket Club a multi sport club that was established in 1866 in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham with the lawn tennis section of the club established in 1879. Herbert Chipp, later a Wimbledon umpire, came through a field of 13 entries to capture the inaugural men's singles title over Beckenham committee member Edward Avory. ''The Field'' informed its readers, "The final was a terribly tedious affair. Both players kept at the back of the court and played an excessively careful game." There were 14 pairs in the gentleman's doubles and seven pairs in the mixed dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Louise Brough successfully defended her title, defeating Margaret duPont in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1950 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Louise Brough (champion) Margaret duPont ''(final)'' Doris Hart ''(semifinals)'' Pat Todd ''(semifinals)'' Shirley Fry ''(quarterfinals)'' Betty Harrison ''(quarterfinals)'' Gussie Moran ''(quarterfinals)'' Annalisa Bossi ''(first round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1950 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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