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...Champion Tilden race and chase in taxi cabs...
...indoor championship (TIME, March 1). The crowd loudly announced its pleasure at this denoument which won, by three matches to two, an international team match wherein Vincent Richards and this tall actor had each been beaten individually by U. S. Indoor Champion Rene Lacoste. But Actor-Champion William T. Tilden had little time for curtain calls in the Seventh Regiment Armory. Another public was waiting. What he needed was another taxi, more grease paint and a certain cue in That Smith...
...France in the national indoor tournament about to be played in the Seventh Regiment Armory, Manhattan. Leaping Jean Borotra, heavy-lidded Réné LaCoste, and brisk Jaques Brugnon, nicknamed by an unoriginal pressman "The Three Musketeers," would face, if they came through the early rounds, William T. Tilden, Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter. Optimism could accord these foreign swashbucklers a chance for gallantry but not for triumph-a state of affairs exactly to the fancy of such U. S. sportsmen as like to see their champions defeat "brave little fighters." Tilden had shown himself...
...Tilden v. Borotra. Tilden's gaunt features were sharp as a woodcut. Clearly he was out to avenge Richards' defeat. "Play," called the umpire. Borotra pulled on his little "Blue Devil" cap and ran to the baseline. Then he ran to the net. Then he ran to the baseline. He was everywhere at once, returning the champion's perfect lobs, the champion's fierce drives, the champion's terrific smashes and cannonball serves with incredible accuracy and pace. The first set went to deuce, dragged on and on. The gallery smiled. Tilden knew what...
...Tilden stated that his present work on the stage in New York in "Don Q. Jr." called for the part of a boob, which he thought was in no manner connected with his athletic ability...