Word: tournaments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William Tatem Tilden has not been popular in France. A year ago at the St. Cloud tournament, the crowd disliked his patronizing attitude, his brusque commands to the ball boys; one section of the stands hissed when he criticized a lineman's decision. But when Rene Lacoste defeated Tilden in the finest tennis ever seen on the Continent, Frenchmen went to the cafes content...
Then, Tilden came into the room, was cheered, and the matter was explained. A message had been received from the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association suspending Tilden from play in the Davis Cup matches or any other amateur tournaments, because he had written newspaper articles about the Wimbledon tournament. His defense was that his articles consisted of comment, not reportorial details. No hairsplitter, W. O. McGeehan, sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune suggested: "There seems to be a simple and obvious solution for two of the most vexing current problems, prohibition and amateurism, and that is, to abolish them...
...more than 30 miles away from home until he went last week to Atlantic City, N. J., and won the marbles championship of the U. S. His rewards: a gold watch, an Indian headdress, blanket, stone tomahawk. Gladys ("Tomboy") Coleman, favorite of the galleries, was eliminated early in the tournament. But she received a silver loving cup, along with the 47 other participants, at a church service in the Apollo Theatre...
...seemed then that the tournament had turned into a private match between Jones and Hagen. People who had hoped Farrell would do something were disappointed. They pointed out that Farrell, always sensitive, had been made self-conscious by being elected the best dressed* professional golfer for the second year in succession. They said that he had been unlucky in being paired with Jones, who was followed by such a big gallery that Farrell was forced at times to beg the marshals to clear a lane for him to swing his club in. When the third round began, Farrell was seven...
...University players lined up as follows: Shaw, No. 1; McKean, No. 2; Cotton, No. 3; and Mandell, back. Two more practices will be held here before the departure for Rye, both matches to be played off at Myopia. The team makes its final appearance for the season in its tournament contests...