CROWD BOOES KRAMER
DISAPPOINTING TENNIS (It a.m.) • NEW YORK, March 15. Catcalls, heckling and boos marked an exhibition tennis match between Riggs and Kramer at Fort Worth, Texas, last night when Kramer in a lifeless 30 minutes’ game defeated Riggs 6—o, 6—o. Dozens of spectators filed out, complaining that Riggs was just standing by hitting only at balls that came near him. A loud chorus of booing and jeering arose when he match finished. Kramer has now won 31 of 47 games —lB of them in the last 21.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 5
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