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There was no Tilden, no Budge, no Perry, no Vines on the courts at Forest Hills last week-biggest week of the tennis year. There was one big fellow that the professional tennis promoters wanted -if he won the national singles title. That was Frank Kovacs...
...three major races for three-year-olds. Others: Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral. > Tennist Fred Perry, onetime British Davis Cupper now teaching tennis in the U.S.: an invitation Professional Round Robin Tennis championship (10% of receipts for British War Relief); defeating creaking, 48-year-old Bill Tilden (4-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2), up-&-coming Dick Skeen of Hollywood (6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3) and jaded Don Budge (6-4, 6-2, 6-3); at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, N.Y. For Bridegroom Budge, practically invincible during two years...
...Voice. The gloomy souls who prophesied such a shoddy ending to Bing's career overlooked the most important Crosby quality. Like Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and Bill Tilden, who thrilled the fans of the '203, Bing knows how to please the crowd, all ages, all sexes. Journalist Joseph Chamberlain Furnas (-And Sudden Death) stated the case with scientific coolness when he wrote: "The prevalent feminine verdict is still that [Crosby]is definitely cute, while the masculine part of the audience seems not to mind him at all-which distributes the positive and negative reactions in exactly the right...
...Bill Tilden will exhibit his tennis wares for an hour tomorrow in the Indoor Athletic Building, and all you have to do to gain admission is identify yourself as a student by showing a contribution or participation booklet...
...famed net veteran will begin his exhibition at two o'clock up on the third floor. His schedule is uncertain, but he will undoubtedly demonstrate all of the shots in the game during the hour. Tilden's present barnstorming tour started a week age in New York...