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...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...
Nothing startling came from the French Davis Cup players, Borotra and LaCoste. Westbrook and Snodgrass crushed them before the semifinal. William T. ("Big-Hearted Bill") Tilden II, National singles champion, played with his 1924 protege, young Sandy Weiner of Philadelphia, and got nowhere. "Little Bill" Johnston and "Peck" Griffin, 1921 champions, went down before the Australian onslaught in the semifinal...
...Play for the national mixed doubles title was interlarded with the men's matches. By the end of the week young Helen Wills and young Vincent Richards were left to face the 1923 champions, Molla Mallory and "BigHearted Bill" Tilden. The younger pair, on a hair-trigger edge, fired away brilliantly, bagged the title...
Drawings were made for the men's National singles tennis championship at Forest Hills, L. I., and out popped the names of Champion Tilden and Manuel Alonso, sleek Spaniard, for the opening round. Alonso has been known to beat Tilden. Also in Tilden's quarter of the draw were Norman E. Brookes, ancient Australian, Pat O'Hara Wood, and Howard Kinsey, the deadlier of the two Kinsey brothers. Any one of these might conceivably upset the elongated Philadelphian...
...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...