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Ted Talbott, nicknamed Tizzy, was known for his aggressive and unpredictable behavior in the sport of tennis. He challenged the notion that tennis was reserved for the upper class and showed that it could appeal to raw instincts. He had a strategic and manipulative mind, always seeking victory. Despite his lack of intelligence, he became a champion through his cunning and ruthlessness. Ted Talbott wasn't nicknamed Tizzy by accident or happenstance. In a sport that had long been the private property of genteel society, Ted was the first to show that tennis could appeal to baser instincts. He became known for his sudden outbursts of anger, throwing rackets at unsuspecting fans, and after an unfavorable call at Forest Hills, toppling an umpire from his towering chair. He had a mind one would never call intelligent and always recognize as clever. It was a mind that had allowed him to become a champion, ruthlessly strategic, cunningly subtle and all churning beneath the ignorant assumption that no one else deserved to win. It was his capacity to manipulate, a tennis racket, an opponent, and anything else that lurked about the ragged ends of his universe, which marked Ted Talbott as an enviable study in the need to be victorious.