Show R CE W WHEN HEN HEN golf contributed v to the Red Cross from its Wykagyl N N. Y Y show which Byron Nelson won in a gallop the ancient game kicked in with its full share shar Tennis did the same thing at Forest Forest For For- est Hills when ghosts of the past haunted the famous turf of the tennis tennis tennis ten ten- nis capital By ghosts of the past I am nm re referring referring re re- ferring in the main to Big Bill Tilden the greatest tennis player of all time and dont don't don'tS S S 55 let people tell you your r 7 I anything different Bi Bill Tilden must r rte take c take his place as one of the most reI remarkable remarkable re re- re- re stars of I L them all nl no ne' matter r 3 i 1 what the game f 4 When Big B Bill II I I 1 tea La aH w j fast came m alone along 0 Bill Tilden Babe Ruth was a pitcher not a run home-run hitter Jack Dempsey was wasat wasat wasat at least two years away from hI his Willard knockout Ty Cobb was still In his prime Rogers Hornsby hadn't started hie star career No Noone Noone Noone one had bad ever er heard of Man o War Red Grange was still years away Bobby Jones was only 15 years old I At that time lean and lanky Bill Bil BillI I Tilden was just getting under full ful fullI I steam He wasn't quite at the top I but he was heading in that genera general I direction I I The Top Too of 0 Them All I At various times In the last 10 01 or 15 years Ive I've asked any number o of 01 famous tennis players to to pick the time all-time top In this list I can give you such names as Vinnie Richards Rich ards Frank Hunter George Church Church on on and on The vote was solid for Big Bill the lean lanky galloping hard hit t ting tang star with the best of all tennis tennI brains I I Tilden combined power and speed with the thc finest type of court general ship There were times eves through a championship final when he was still practicing strokes N None Neone S. S one ever knew v In La his bis prime just jus how good he was Heres Here's an example Years age against one of the Kinsey brothers Tilden had won the first set of a championship match at 62 6 He had hac lost the second set at 64 6 An ol old timer took all the bets he could ge gean get getan an 10 Tilden for the third set I The bettor was Eddie Conlin He told Big Bill about his 12 bets the bet Tilden asked Im betting you to win the third set et 6 0 Eddie said Tilden won 6 60 He could have won most of his sets at 6 0 except for his hI desire to practice and try tryout out various vanous vari van ous strokes against opponents who I were completely outclassed Ill I'll never forget the final match I he had with Little Bill Johnston at Forest Hills for the title Little Bill as usual had given Big Bill Billa I a hard and hot afternoon In the final set dark clouds swept across the sultry scene accompanied accompanied accompanied by thunder and lightning There were only a few minutes o or perhaps seconds left before the storm was due Tilden's answer was quite simple lie He delivered ered four service aces that practically blasted Little Bill off oft the court i He might as well have used a rifle I j Another Tilden Story i Years ago Ellsworth Vines was touring the country with Tilden an anI and andi j i I at that time timp winning most o othe of 01 the matches Youth against age Therell never be anyone like Tilden Til 1 I den vines told me laterA laterA later A short while back we played playe 1 I in upper New York I finally won I after five tough sets and I was j many many years younger than thaD Tilden I was completely exhausted exhausted ex ex- hausted after the match Later that tha I night I happened to glance up am and saw Tilden hurrying out of the hotel hote lobby the idea I asked I Ive got a golf da date tc at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning mornin with a pro in Cincinnati Bill said Ill have to drive all night but I can still make it Tilden made It Vines continued continued continued con con- and then carried me to five sets late that afternoon Tilden had hac more more stamina and vitality than any two athletes I ever saw It was Tilden who introduced the phrase tournament tough Tournament tough applies to every game played from war to toan an any sport you OU know Big Bill has proved this for well wel over 20 years His return to Forest Fores ForestI Hills for lor the Red Cross was someno some some- I I thing no tennis lover should have missed I |