Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Henri Cochet is the most promising of the four French players who carried off laurels at Germantown last September. I think he has the greatest genius for the game," said W. T. Tilden II yesterday afternoon in his dressing room in the Somerville Theatre, where he is taking the leading part in "They All Want Something". "But Rene Lacoste is the most consistent man tennis has ever seen. No one varies less in 365 days than...
...United States Lawn Tennis Association recently has vetoed the suggestion of Tilden, that the American Davis Cup team play its preliminary rounds of the Davis Cub tournament in the European zone of play rather than in the American...
Yesterday Tilden outlined the following points which had prompted his suggestion. "If the American team goes abroad we have a reasonable chance for success. We could play in Europe during the entire spring and summer. Then our younger players, the team's bulwark in years to come, need practice under alien conditions. They had a great chance to obtain this, but it has been thrown away. Thirdly, there would have been adequate time to become accustomed to the differences in climate, food, light, and playing facilities. It would also have allowed the Americans who play on the Davis Cup team...
...must know I admired him when I would sing for him 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Ye gods, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' of all songs! Well, of course, I didn't know the words. I asked Bill Tilden to give me the words to the song and he went as far as 'Oh, say, can you see?' Then he 'ta-da-daed' the rest. What a scholar he is! Finally I had to have the words looked up in a library...
...during a world series has been broadcast to five million listeners, the "77" jersey of Grange viewed from behind by spectator and player alike, the polo mallet of Devercux Milburn, the horseshoes that were first under the wire at Churchill Downs, the bats of Ruth and Gehrig, and Bill Tilden's racket. Harvard students will notice that no college of size is unrepresented but their...