NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—Tennis Hall of Famer Pauline Betz Addie, the top women’s player in the United States in the 1940s, died Tuesday. She was 91. Addie, who had Parkinson’s disease ...

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Noted for her athleticism around the court and her powerful backhand, Pauline Betz also possessed that vital ingredient for a top-class tennis player: an intense desire to win. Meanwhile ...

Her closest friends called her “The Champ” and it wasn’t just because Pauline Betz Addie won five Grand Slam women’s singles tennis titles from 1941-46. She was good at everything she did ...

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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) Tennis Hall of Famer Pauline Betz Addie has died at 91. She was the top women's player in the United States in the 1940s. The International Tennis Hall of Fame said Thursday ...