Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...light blue ether above Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point anti-air defense base of Manhattan, soared, twisted, wobbled a deep blue cone of canvas, 15 ft. long, tapering in diameter from 5 ft. to 4 ft. Ahead, linked to the sky-target by a few scant hundred feet of rope, flew Air Lieut. Archie Smith in a Martin Bomber. From below anti-aircraft gunners launched torrents of gun fire, exploded thousands of pounds of powder into billions of cubic feet of gas. Sweated, toiled, emitted words peculiar to gunners...
Subsequent continued tests at Fort Tilden resulted, after the firing of 180 rounds, in barely missing the towing plane of Lieut. William T. Atkinson, although the target trailed 2100 ft. behind it. Said he, after towing his target ten times across the firing area, "We could see the shells burst high to the right and in front of our plane." Said another flight lieutenant: "We're used to that...
Davis Cup. Tilden, Johnston, Williams, Richards, in the order named, were chosen by the Election Committee to represent the U. S. in the coming Davis Cup matches...
...Chicago. Cranston Holman of San Francisco devoted 50 vigorous minutes to winning the National Junior Tennis Championship from Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines (who had previously defeated "Sandy" Wiener, a protege of Champion Tilden), 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. Frank Shields of Manhattan, defeated Walter Thomas (another Tilden prottege) to take the boys' championship, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3. Shields and Thomas then paired together to win the doubles title of their division. Holman was not so fortunate. He and his partner, one Pare, relied on individual brilliance to beat the seasoned teamwork of Henry L. Johnson...
...Davis Cup doubles tryout promised, at first, to end in an impasse. First Tilden and Johnston defeated Richards and Williams; then Williams and Richards beat Johnston and Tilden. A selection committee admitted that it could find nothing to choose between the two teams. They began a deciding match. Williams drove, volleyed; Richards served, smashed; they won the first set without loss of a game. "Wait till Tilden gets after them," grinned the crowd. But the Champion continued his erratic tennis. It was Johnston who got after them. His forehand drives were so fast they could hardly be seen; his service...