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...match in which Kozeluh beat Richards last week was not characterized by that tense, almost insane hunger for points with which amateurs excite galleries and rattle their linesmen. Both men seemed to be enjoying their game; Kozeluh would explain "Bed lock!" to the gallery when Richards dropped a volley. His game was distinctively that of a professional; he carried his racquet awkwardly at his side, played from the base-line with, a long follow-through and a short backswing, ran for nothing which he could not get and got practically everything he tried for. His returns were never purely defensive...
...Washington, Marines and Soldiers displayed eager savagery in battle for the President's Cup, ensign of service supremacy. Fisticuffer Gene Tunney helped the linesmen; cheered for the Marines. President & Mrs. Coolidge shivered with 20,000 in the stands. Sgt. Harry A. Bertelman, Army tackle, was assisted from the game with four crushed ribs. President Coolidge donated the Cup to the Marines; score...
...visitors were unanimous in their praise of J. P. Crosby '28. A. F. French '29. David Guarnaccia '29, and H. W. Burns '28. "They look most impressive in both offense and defense," commented one of the invading linesmen...
...promise and sat down after a speech of hardly more than a moment's duration. And Colonel Lindbergh's con duct in Paris and in England must have done much to relieve the sore ness caused by tourists with franc-plastered trunks, by Mr. Tilden squabbling with linesmen and Mr. Hagen missing his appointments. With the Lindbergh episode al most over, cynics may rise to call his ovations "hysteria," his re ceptions "sensationalism run riot." But back of the torn paper and the screeching headlines lay a very sincere and very spontaneous out burst of popular emotion. There...
...Africa. Someone "spread a report" that Raymond had a sore foot, that the referee had agreed to postpone the match, but that Tilden had refused. So the crowd cheered loudly when Raymond slashed to victory in the first set and threatened again in the third. Tilden was criticizing the linesmen's decisions, barking brusque commands at the ball boys, playing magnificent tennis. Tilden won three sets & match...