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...when it might have done them the most good. One was Vincent Richards, onetime junior singles champion, onetime Davis Cup defender, whose attempt to justify his turning professional brought forth lame excuses, and turned away many who otherwise might have given him their support. The other was William Tatem Tilden II, who last week was found guilty of breaking the player-writer rule of the U. S. L. T. A. and punished by indefinite banishment from amateur tennis...
William Tatem Tilden II can beat Fritz Mercur, onetime Longwood Bowl champion. So, too, can Helen Wills, as she did in an exhibition match last week. Yet Mercur rose to no great heights last week in the Eastern Turf championship at the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club to trounce Tilden in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Less alarming, but important, significant, was the straight-set victory (6-4, 7-5) of Berkeley Bell, of the University of Texas, over Francis T. Hunter, perennial doubles partner and intimate of Tilden...
...Tilden was not invited to participate in the East-West matches. Fretted, Friend Hunter refused to play, said a Tildenless tournament was "not representative." Said P. Schuyler Van Bloem, vice president of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association: "It would be unsportsmanlike to use a player against whom charges are pending." Thus the player-writer rule rapped the fingers of Tilden. Ready commentators said Tilden will play no more tennis, will go into vaudeville. The first prediction was wrong; Tilden accepted the bid to play in the Newport Casino tournament, on whose cup he has two legs. The other prediction...
...Tilden-less, Hunter-less, the East lost to the West, six matches to three. Tildenizens gloated...
...Tilden, against Lacoste, was the oldtime wizard. He was at the net killing the ball, at the baseline angling Lacoste out of position. He won, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Cochet was the toast of the boulevards last week. His work in the doubles and his quick disposal of Tilden in the singles, 9-7, 8-6, 6-4, showed conclusively that when he is at his peak no man can climb him. The tabulation: France...