Tennis "bagel" (1976); "Anyone for tennis?" (1951) and "Tennis anyone?" (1951)

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TENNIS "BAGEL (6-0)

  Who would guess the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR to be first even on stuff like this?


  Eddie Dibbs: the 'Little Big Man' of tennis; By Ross Atkin Sports writer of The Christian Science Monitor; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston, Mass.; Aug 9, 1976; pg. 22, 1 pgs:
   Already many Americans know him as one of the "Bagel Twins."   The nickname was coined by tennis commentator-TV writer Bud Collins to describe Eddie and his close friend and doubles partner Harold Solomon.
   Both players are jockey-sized baseliners, and many people think they're both Jewish.  Actually Dibbs is Eastern Orthodox and of Lebanese extraction.
   The confusion, though, is the natural outcome of the confusing moniker, Eddie's big-city accent, his close association with Solomon, and his love of bagels and cream cheese.
   Dibbs is credited with dreaming up the term "Bagel Job" to describe a 6-0 set and he often kids he would be taller if he hadn't been run over by a bagel truck as a youngster.

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"ANYONE FOR TENNIS?" AND "TENNIS ANYONE?"

   I was asked to search the databases for "Anyone for tennis" and "Tennis anyone."  Both are 1951 here.


(ANYONE FOR TENNIS)
  Why Wish For That Magic Carpet?; The Service Set; By Elinor Lee, By Winzola McLendon; The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959), Washington, D.C.; Aug 8, 1954; pg. S1, 2 pgs
(Page S2 photo caption:  "ANYONE FOR TENNIS?")

  Notes on the Sports Front; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston, Mass.; Dec 19, 1951; pg. 11, 1 pgs
("Anyone for tennis?  Or lacrosse?")


(TENNIS ANYONE)
  Makins Twins Review British Sports; The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959), Washington, D.C.; Dec 3, 1954; pg. 67, 1 pgs

  Sports Addition; By Bob Addie; The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959), Washington, D.C.; Aug 13, 1954; pg. 31, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 28 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jul 6, 1953; pg. 29, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 33 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jun 3, 1951; pg. S2, 1 pgs
("TENNIS ANYONE?" is the photo caption in an ad--ed.)