Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tennis Club, Larchmont, N. Y., William T. Tilden, II, tennis champion, engaged in a "circus" match, "did wizard tricks with his racquet and ball...
...singles match he "toyed" with Harold Throckmorton, 6-1, 6-2. When things grew dull, or when Throckmorton strove a little too valiantly, Tilden let loose a few fast ones that made Jove and his thunder look like a slow-ball pitcher...
...Dear Mr. Tilden...
...Bill" Tilden, being unable to come over from Philadelphia to the University Club, Manhattan, for dinner, missed a good party. There were present Dwight F. Davis, Assistant Secretary of War, donor of the Davis Cup; all but one of the former presidents of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, including George I. Adee, Henry...
They concluded to stand by a resolution of their Amateur Rules Committee which provided that all tennis players, after Jan. 1, 1925, who received substantial sums for writing articles about tennis, should be classed as professionals. It was this resolution which gave offense to Champion Tilden. Next day his resignation from Olympic and Davis teams was accepted. Young honeymooning Vincent Richards immediately followed the champion's lead. He, too, writes...