Misc: Which tennis player was known as the 'Rockhampton Rocket'?

Questions

american authors: among his short stories are "the open boat" and "the blue hotel":?

american authors: he wrote "an occurrence at owl creek bridge" and "the devil's dictionary"?

american authors: this new jersey-born author/journalist wrote "the armies of the night"?

misc music magic: wrote the songs for "joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat"?

pinball: this 1988 lawlor game has a vertical playfield instead of a normal backglass?