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Show American Tennis Stars American players have not especially endeared themselves them-selves to tennis fans the world over in recent years. Jimmy Connors is considered self-centered self-centered and often bad-mannered. CHRIS EVERT, who usually wins, doesn't appear very gracious when she loses - as at Wimbledon recently. Both these top American stars seem rather cold-blooded winners. What the country needs is a Mark Fidrych of the tennis courts. . In the days of Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzales, and earlier - Vines, Tilden, Perry, Budge and the like - tennis was the well-mannered sport. Golf still holds true to that tradition tradi-tion and tennis shouldn't lose it. BUT OVERLY aggressive or cold numbers like Billy Jean King, Connors and Fvert have not helped America's image in the eyes of the world - as personalities and ambassadors. ambas-sadors. They're great tennis players, no doubt about that, but a bit more humbleness and graciousness could benefit them and the country- |