Show v THE SPORT LIGHT S SLIGHT By roam rua Op ht ht 1114 N New w York rork bun Inc Trademark C U a P fat Of Ot 1 tio a A i- i P CHAMPIONS A AND s I IHl ron FOR 1925 1025 1 0 o 2 I 2 W T TUdo No champion can last lant forever toro not even Jug DIg Bill But while hUe tho the marching ear leers eAre check them all out sooner or later Tilden rib Til- Tilden den has bias shown no sign of or losing Ills Hla last championship display against Bill aCe one of the greatest performances of his hia career a 0 blinding attack of such ruch sp od ard ord skill that the Iho star could coul make no headway at St t any turn Tilden Is la still In the ho earl early thirties around to 80 O or Sl 11 1 Ho Ito Is still In the Iho lt beam I of or his AthletiC prime fast fest and d u I The tintS time Is coming when Vincent Incent Richards nearly 10 os young oung- overhaul the present mas- mas mastOr el I w will Ill Ill 0 0 tOr but It tt Is not an even bet bot that RichardS will 5 Ill III tl ti avel thus that th far Car this thi year yel What are lImo lh he odds oh on Tildon Tilden holding his him title another year J b bevon beven years ago Tilden fought hits his WR Wa to the tho final frame and frame an was as beaten But Dut for tor seven even ears earslie lie he has hll been bOen a 5 finalist And nil nd litho In inthe the tho last tl fis five e years ho lie las taa won the title and title and almost Mt every evory other title In tho the game lou ou can Cn figure tennis form torm and tenna results closet Closer than tItan any other lien for five years ears now nowr and Johnston Johnton 1130 have e como to the th final round This how lI w true tennis tenni form must hold Last year yel the man who ho gave gove his hardest tight was young youns youn was better botter through 1924 1824 than he ever er e r was beto and It ItIs itIs Is quite probable that nc ne will III bo be b better botter through than he lie wb through 1924 Richards nih will be a opponent this year on and 1 there Is ii a n chanco chane that he ho may break breah through Ho Is not rut only a star but In addition he ha belle es that ho he can boat beat and he belle Cs It before each tach meeting Defeat never noer no er kills hit his hi and Tilden knows knots kno s It Richards linow Is ii now no the tho one Oils man left who s Into action against Tilden expect expect- expectIng expecting Ing to win In and Tilden IUlO s It it And against young Richards is usually at ht his best beat The odds are slightly In Til- Til dens s favor faor Ca or again as a a repeating champion Ordinarily they would bo be 2 to 1 In his favor But Dut foo oo many things can happen in n n this dizzy existence And on one mart mant to stand continua ly ty the woi Id Is no easy Job jot Tilden may begin to slip just a ti 11 IOe ifie and Richards coming coining on ma may lust catch him But the Jhc HI are not that not a way not quito quite yet should mak make It six In a arow arow s row THE THU T I I TIO Thele 13 Ii I Inspiration In Hatch atch vatch- vatch Hatching ing any human being b who can show consistent or bril brilliant bril- bril brilliant consistency straight through Such performances help to show Rho the possibilities of or tIme the race roce It I Is In this respect that urmI Is an of ot lie He helps to show the posSibilitieS po of ot tho the mortal or Immo Immor al Si soul tt II e e have seen Nurmi run tUII nine nino Aces Including qualifying e es cats end all sit nine tarts starts aid ald finishes el eme 0 amazing performances We e saw him run roni awaY a great field under blazing summer h heat at aith vi the te about I 00 This handicap failed to up- up up Pet Jet his form torm It Jt Is victory against Y hUI h ovy han han- handicaps han handicaps which pi 0 es the cham cham- ch champion champion m- m pion And Amid average can win In frequently with Ith the odds odd all his way nay ay The Tho final proof of r I Dame Deme s greatness was as shown against Stanford Winter r a eather at home the long trip across early accident to dreher dreher and Bach and let et In spite of Stanford gaining far more ground Notre Dame flame carne caine through again Those Thoe who are wondering whY Dan Hickey hun hasit t sent Paul Poul lenbach Ber-lenbach Ber- Ber Berlenbach Berlenbach lenbach along at a faster clip haten ha t dipped an Inch Into the I situation at large largo Berlenbach has hns has been boxing less than two tao t 0 ears And experience doesn't orne ome with a rush In this brief i i pace ace of o boxing time he lie hu baa faced such uch men as Young StrIbling Jack Delaney and Larry who have hate never yet been boon rated ne as ups set has met more good men In a brig brief boxing whIrl than thon any one you can men moo mention mention tion Dan Hickey happens to kno know hl bi job and there Is a like like- likely likely ly enough chanco that th bach Derlen- Derlen Berlenbach bach will III arrive arrivo on schedule time Experience never noser no er conies with mth a rush rush There must be bo Intermissions slona sione tor for certain lessons to sink sinkin sinkIn in and take firm hold bold to de- de develop develop de develop Instinct along right lines It Is 11 i for this reason that old corn cam campaigners can con olten Often boat beat young young- youngsters store who are aro faster stronger harder just as tame game and just aa as skillful There Is no sub sub- sub substitute for a work and ork-and and li th there rc re Is no noi i substitute for tor ence I There Thero are now nO ex ex seeking boxing e who ho homay may yet be heard from I is i's much n-much louder tones One Is I Sully Mont Mont- Montgomery gomery of Center and tho ho other 11 I Ed Cd Gar Or of Notre Noire Dame Doth Both are big powerful O erful well trained athletes who cm tn hit They merely need mOl mote moie e time to absorb certain principles of the game to develop d elop certain instinctS that will be badly needed at Im Important mi- mi Important moments Why by cant can't a good boxer be made in a year ear or two to f somo one has asked Suppose you tool took tooka a fast Cast well ell trained athlete of 20 or 21 and decided to make him him a ball pia pUller player er when wizen he ho had never tried that game How floss long would It take to make mako him hila veil even evena evena a 0 good minor leaguer At least lea three or four sears ears and amid the ho chances are aro ho he would never lIe ar arrive ar- ar arnt rive rh nt 0 with that late lato start tart Star baiT players pIa ere usually start stare s arc from early youth when they me ule a e only 10 or 12 years bars ears old If a good bali pia player er can cant t be bult bulit In four ar ears why should a good boxer be developed In one ono or tv two tao o |