Word: tilden
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...since that nightmarish day in 1926, when Bill Tilden, Bill Johnston and Richard Norris Williams were rudely ousted from the national quarter finals by France's Henri Cochet, Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste*,had the U.S. suffered such a tennis setback...
Once the hall has been cleaned out and tidied up, the Casino elders plan to fill it with relics and sport curios. On its walls will hang photographs of such court immortals as Richard D. Sears, Robert D. Wrenn, Bill Tilden and Don Budge. The racquets they used and the clothes they wore while making tennis history will be on display. U.S. tennis fans were not too preoccupied with this week's Nationals to ignore Van Alen's announcement; the Hall of Fame already has a sizable kitty...
...state of one-upness which counts; and Losemanship shows how this can be achieved . . . Savitt was beaten by Sedg-man. Mr. Shields should have drawn attention to the inexplicable speed of this phenomenon (58 minutes) . . . Surely the only explanation of the collapse of the one living exponent of the Tilden backhand must have been due (Shields should have said) to the "unfortunate atmosphere" and the "definite tension." These of course were fostered by the typical non-playing criticism, from the stands, of non-playing Captain Shields, who complained of the non-giving of a footfault against Seixas . . . To make sure...
Three other men were arrested with Feinberg, all friends of his at Samuel Tilden High School in Brooklyn...
Three other men were arrested with Feinberg, all friends of his at Samuel Tilden High School in Brooklyn...