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S SRECREATIO SRECREATION RECREATIO RECREATION RECREATIONOn On a hot August morning when whenresidents whenresidents whenresidents residents of the Wardman Park Parkhotel Parkhotel Parkhotel hotel had fans turned on full blast blastthey blastthey blastthey they looked with surprise to see four fourfigureg fourfigures fourfigures figureg figures come out on the tennis court courtThey courtThey courtThey They looked a second time tune It was wasI wasthe wasthe wasthe I the vice pres pros dent and a party of offnends offriends offriends fnends friends out tor for a set of doublesHenry doublesHenry doubles doublesHenry Henry Wallace took off a pair of ofslacks ofslacks ofslacks slacks threw them into onto a corner cornerand cornerand cornerand and trotted out onto the court In Inwhite inwhite mwhite white shorts and a white whlte sports sportssh sportssh sportssh sh rt It \ was \ as e a ght o 0 clock as the thegame thegame thegame game beganWearmg beganWearing began beganWearing Wearing Wearmg no hat or eye hade bade and andweld andw andw weld w eld old ng the racket m his left hand handWallace handWallace bandWallace Wallace entered into mto the game with withthe withthe withthe the gdsto gusto of a high school boy It Itwas Itwas Itwas was not tennis of professional qua qual quality quality ] Ity but it was h gh class amateur amateurplay amateurplay amateurplay play Frequently the ball was re returned returned returned turned e a ght or ten tcn t mes in m a smgle single smgleexchange singleexchange singleexchange exchange Once when Wallace was wasat wasat wasat at the net net , , he made five returns m msuccess msuccess msuccess success on finally won the point pomt . , . At 9 05 the set ended Wallace Wallaceretreated Wallaceretreated Wallaceretreated retreated to the tre tt e corner of the court courtpulled courtpulled courtpulled pulled on h s slacks headed back backto backto backto to his rus apartment tor for a shov showerOther shower showerOther . er erOther Other apartment d vellers yellers still s t- t U - ttmg Utong t-tmg t tmg - tmg tong m in front of the fans sighed and andshook andshook andshook shook the r heads in wonderment . . . . . \ MERRY I\IERRY I IERRY GO ROUNDC ROUNDt ROUNDQ ROUND t Q ( . 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