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P: U.S. Davis Cup tennis players, in the interzone final with Sweden at Brisbane, Australia, handily won all five matches (four singles, one doubles), earned the right to play Australia for the cup next week. In a remarkable singles match with Sven Davidson, young Ham Richardson beat the able Swede by 6-0, 6-3, 6-3.

P: As the National League's Most Valuable Player of 1954, baseball writers picked Willie Mays, the World Champion New York Giants' sensational centerfielder. Earlier the American League M.V.P. title went to the second-place Yankees' catcher, Lawrence ("Yogi") Berra.

P: In an Associated Press poll Manager Leo Durocher of the Giants was picked as "Manager of the Year."

P: Fordham, once a football powerhouse in the East (its line was called "the Seven Blocks of Granite"), abandoned intercollegiate football after a dismal season in the field (one victory, one tie, seven losses) and at the box office.

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