Show V. V r l Cost His C CI J I Tennis Champion I pion Who Recently Suffered Loss of P Pan art of ofa of i a Digit Racquet on Hand Will Fight to Hold Scepter This k Summer World Courts And Friends Are O Optimistic t of His o His Ultimate Success w rt D r e s z r forestalled Y 3 l' l misfortune by f S I 3 I c. c e Y h i insuring his bis Y a S ti a J m marvelously Y t w i il f. f skill skillful Sul hands In In circle circle circle- i t N J fir 1 i r Y 4 Q A y as he faces t r n M I v d'- d' ll audience r at Sr a r k r 9 YS k with his 1119 t a r r d 4 i A y i t hands on the keyboard g 1 It t rY n s iW l S Y I 4 t f tai i r St yr N fi v i ty 1 fi I t k r e 1 Cj Y N r Y i ie d i r i Fokina chose fortune is is literally a tiK J iN v- v fe ti J in ill her toes toes- nl t l J I Vill William am T. T Tild Tilden n cJ come comeback CAN back 1 nut But a few Tew months ago at atthe atthe t the fhe Very very pinnacle of world wide fame farne j as the greatest tennis player playe of the C believe eliee the of all aU time time many mauj- mauj greatest I time and and possessed possessed of a s skill ill that he lie had developed v virtually all all- ry to the nt t of genius Tilden i is toda today the Lj ta t enigma of not duty only the sport sport- c fl 1 biU of of those tJ thousands onS n s andis anti and t tt is of persons who have never nevery nevera y a tennis arc arc- not even even fans but butr r r 1 Sho are alwa always s keenly interested 1 in tile the man at the t top p. p in In an any sport art artof j F v V of or r profession x xA 1 oj A slight seemingly insignificant r T t s I o on t Ule e middle finger of Til- Til M I. I r n s 's right fight that hand hand that hag that marvelous f land and nd which in in the tIie last three thre years re rs has it S swept from from the horizon every R l great geat te t. t t tennis player in th the the- world world world-be- be- be f fl me infected Blood poisoning det de- de vt 5 t toped loped 1 Tilden hurried t tc a hos- hos hosA hosU j i. i U A surgeon operated and aid re- re moved the tip of that middle finger he a poison spread Another and ad st stills still lI s I another thor oper operation tion was was necessary not notI ot I merely to save savo the patients patient's h hand but hilt jv t his his life Vh n the had fi- fi Anally l na J l iy Y con 1 conquered r d' d the poison t that lat long middle digit on Tilden's right hand d had n b benr fi n r educed d ce l close to to U inches fa iii length f Today Toda- oda what was but a short th thado 8 ado pa 0 a 8 finger inger skilled and and- trained as trained r y human digits have haYe eve ever x been is is' is 11 stump a n stump extending slightly bet be be- t t th the middle i d e j joint dint In Ina a wor word J V t. t champion on w t tennis nn s p player payer Y r of f the 1 tg ld d is p physically handicapped 1 1 to l nn f. f extent that ma may r eliminate hi IBm him m as asa a er player r s i Tb approximating ft f ill 1 approximating parallel v. v you 01 have but to to ask yourself this 1 i. i It stion 1 What would happen u of if a similar t A nC befell befell- SV T ll e worlds world's champion r ardist Ignace Jan world world-fa- world world- s f pianist i ic r s c Fritz ritz Kreisler probably the worlds world's greatest r. r st violinist 7 qc 01 on one very extraordinary thing 4 there there- is no doubt And therein is lis is t to b be found an exceedingly c b peculiar r situation That is to sa say were either either- the great s t pianist or vio vio- violinist violinist to l lose sc a finger on either hand r I. I and his professional career career be ended there would be the financial compensation compensation compensation of insurance of-insurance insurance But such is is not not the case with an equally great tennis en lis player It is not so with Mr l Tilden and it could not t. t be so with any g great eat artist of the co court rt for the veI very simple reason reason that t tennis is an amateur amateur sport and has r A P I r. r j fl flY Y i r M t. t J ti k s 's r. r d. d AR 1 i x s. s y v u f t y ya r 9 r. r y i J J d i J F 3 f Ax 7 P Z Ji roL S. S J n i. i J Ji 74 i A A Ai 1 i f r t th bP Three of the ive incisions ma made e in the tle middle finger of dens den's right hand are shown Figure No 1 is a rut cut ra do do left side bof of the finger inger No 0 2 a similar o one e on oD the hc other No 3 sho shows vs a diagonal incision over the first joint before fingernail was removed I BEING BErNG an am amateur Tilden is isby ol by by Insurance as are pro prof sr entertainers 1 Hoppe the billiard carries 1 gw r r s insurance on oh his hands Dempsey boxer values his f s a Vp r Fokina the dancer has Insured F t twinkling inkling toes for tor Patti Patti Insured her voice voice- for Nordica insured herself in case sh her voice for tor jj aJ Hofmann once Insured every Sing his right h hand nd for for J has paid a yearly pre re t 1 of for the insurance he car 1 his h hands II j Jan Kubelik for those magic maglo tInge his that make mako the violin sing and sob a premium of 1500 yearly on the Ins u uy iI y Jf r he c carries es on them jB I H I. I i h I f rv db I sC t d i j J k r fi Y k off ak 4 y M r r fYR Champion Tilden ai ina n a t tio oil r l f n no financial bas basis sj on p. p b. b a ap player In might insure insure his r l or 91 v ance ante company assume uch a air lC Th The trifling aC iJ eIt which m may s r rob Tilden of hf his his his' r i v t t A last October a at t Br id N J J d i F in ing-a ing a match with Wallace ix I J sq Among professional e t tu u rs jt i is J ot considered unethical met i l f to to 1 4 against accidents vh ich v l deprive de de- them of their t to ewer exer exercise er cise their J talents i. i v J a t Fokina's Fokina s 's ma n s tO toe C i have e at at t. t times been insured fou forast much for i ch as s' s Josef HoU Hofma Hofmar fn r nai n a aV iq due j time valued every y 11 finger ger i you 1 ln ii right hand so highly tha e r rn j r with a an accident st sui n IJ ila f r r o 4 ta o rr V j. j rr TJi- TJi ih- ih dens den's he would have hate rece t ed d in In insurance ce Pad re dj t and iid J an 1 K Kubelik belik the violinist s 's ve id h haye p paid as f much much- muchas as 1000 and 1500 a year ear r J ely in premiums premiums' s on o on 11 tl jc lc a m insurance in- in on their hand hands rs A rJ s. e. e et m l C. C Patti earned carried a oli y- y yg F against g iru the loss of her voice C r the late Lillian Nordica is r p t- t tha 11 ha hae a e- e had her voice insured for 4 t A English magl i l on once e carrle insurance on his h hands nd 1 throughout i t ta t ta a tour of oC the United States A Ce celebrated br ed American illustrator is reported to o hare h protected his hands to the extent t toi of of matiy y thou thousands ands of dollars during during- the p period when he was executing a largle lae an and nd able contra t. t And eVery e J champion cl prize fighter tighter of ot re years repent event nt ears ars has has' carried some insurance I Ion on his hands hands- hd tt n has been reported on a 3 r of of C occasions that Jack Jacic Dempsey capable as he he- J is of o of i or y J f r t. j I. I O. O i I I i i 1 yep a r v All set All set fo a a. a masse v 1 Dempsey conceals his the left A. A fists f beneath Hoppe e the h a his arms and I 1 il i 3 4 s j smiles blandly r j 1 protecting protecting J himself os and l ifs ifs' hea heavy hea ht title e with th his r the the possibilities possibilities s of or of fate fake with Ith 1 OO iri on n those e two two mighty h. h hands hands- nd of tf h hi his v i But Il t j Tj Tilde d n possessing poss though though- he does does' a a- a manual amanual mari al skin nd t technique to 10 say nothing of ot the t requirements requIrement necks necks- ss s- s s sarV Chi v b Ui the heights that he has Breached reached anD b. b though h he he er also does doe th the laurel el t t jr r Worlds World's h inis in is a sport n very r close to to b being ing an jart tait t. t h hits has s fi pin nor r cont con- con t lation t that at s V jih h insurance o Fate having dealt dealt bm the se severe severe ei-e ei physical phi I cal handi handicap handicap- that handicap p that It It has h he t mu t Lace the Ine future assured and buo buoyed ed u up p 15 solely liv Iw k Y S Pavlo v a with marvelous grace and skill in iii interi interpreting inter inter- i poetry with her feet and the rhythm of ot her body has charmed thousands J j J his l love e of ot the game his n to rise use superior to handicaps and hI his desire to to give give the very best that is in him to the prese preservation of the ideals oC or pure pure amateur sport r Here indeed is a trial worthy of any man man And It is both a no tribute to to Bill personally and nd to young men th the world over overl to record the fact that William Tilden II will still be the tennis Jennis champion of ot the world at the end of the season of 1923 if it it is humanly possible for him td retain that honor Sportsman mat he is he m makes neither boasts nor apologies lor tor the f future lure He makes but one promise and and that is I T 1 will m do the ver very best that i t I can When en asked how he felt felt about the f future ture not in a 11 comparative but J an ran I II abstract sense the champion smiled he said M II Nothing in the world but out tui m n answer answer that question Anyone w will o tennis realizes how little it takes gc ID IDa c ca a man out of first place and e eF i places down the list And nd nobody in the world iino ino ti truth ith h of of that statement better t than n T. T 5 f. f Tilden In that final mater mate mate matcH r singles championship a atiK G C town last September which mean or n JJ the championship of the year an andY s' s cha championship of the world but ger p possession of the great silver itol winning that title three times both bm and his opponent William M M. John Jonn San Francisco went through wh wl perhaps the most grueling ex l' l the history of sport Each man t twice champion Johnston won tI two sets and led in the third e se t tone one Tilden eventually won maniC b but brit l. l ti l are tire still arguing as to Lo which is th tn thor or 01 better player Neither r the records of tennis r 7 memories memories' of veteran players precedent for Tilden's situation sItuation Wright also lost a finger on his Ills r rg g through an accident while he W was champion in 1905 but Wright va a handed player and his Injury in lra affected or handicapped his A fact fact that is not nut generally kj that William A. A Larned Lamed who w. w wa times n national champion and on one greatest players in the world worM oni through his his' entire career minus U the theall theall e all his fingers on oit his right ar arid and d hand Ho injured his hla hand while baseball In college and an followed the injury caused aused the loS lo tips of Ills fingers So while it Was was W necessary for him to use a racket smaller grip than used by the thai pla player eJ he was not otherwise th handicapped Friends of Tilden while they age agi his statement nt that nothing ln in tS but time tinge will answer the cues que o what will be the future of the cham champion lon are arc necessarily not s f strained about discussing the til title prospects for the the- coming season For several weeks after he hospital they were exceedingly Aside from the fact that he h b considerable considerable- weight they knew as siders eiders could possibly know the mand mand m ra and extraordinary skill that the c. c had developed in not only his r ras rig rigas g gas as a unit but In n every single e Ping finger r hand nand and in every single muscle Through the the- spring and earl Tilden plans tt tb to r rest gt as much as build up his general strength only enough tennis tennis mostly mostly doubt wU with Sandy Wiener hi his hie juvenil as his Ills partner partner to to slowly but s shim shim g ghim him back bacic Into something appi o ohis his regular form This playing l to too sufficient for him to feel his wa to speak and see exactly to the absence of ot that middle fn tn prevent him from Crom making some o shots if such proves to be thEto the theto to what extent and in ju just t wh he must develop new now methods method t r retain his old skill and nd Championship Hm Then hen probably early i in 11 July ly h ha he hei a 1 i series of ma matches i-i i I t Mio he 11 U Ali MiC and h ho he may e even een en go as us fir r V iv st P Pacific coast e 1 |