Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...important match from "Little Bill" Johnston (West), second ranking player of the U. S. In doubles, Richards and Francis T. Hunter, who together are Wimbledon and Olympic champions, trounced the indefatigable, ubiquitous national doubles champion-brothers Kinsey. Thus Richards bore the brunt for the East, while "Big Bill" Tilden, who should have played for the East, earned his pay as a reporter for various newspapers, writing up the Davis Cup play at Boston. R. Norris Williams of Philadelphia, first in line to "fill for Bill" on the East's side, had a twisted ankle...
...jerky Long Island R. R. trains, the bumpy, pot-holed Long Island motor roads, were ram-jammed to capacity by thronging tennis enthusiasts crowding toward Forest Hills, L. I., to see if and how anyone would humble elongated William T. Tilden II, of Philadelphia, national champion the past four years, in the 1924 national singles play...
Though the entry list teemed with potent names, opinion was that Tilden still had "an edge" on all comers. "Little Bill" Johnston, world's champion in 1923, national champion in 1915 and 1919, stood second in ability, easily first in popularity...
...semi-finals found Tilden facing Vincent Richards, his onetime protege and doubles partner, now Olympic champion. Tilden had brushed aside all opposition, losing two sets only in four matches, one to Alonso, sleek Spaniard, one to Howard Kinsey, ubiquitous Californian and national doubles champion. "Little Bill" Johnston was in the other bracket, up against Gerald Patterson, smashing Australian...
...tennis porches, the question of the hour was: "Can Tilden add a fifth consecutive year to the string of National championships he blazons across the top of his column in the Philadelphia Public Ledger...