| Show LIGHT THE SPORTS SPORT LIGHT By Zy SUCH I 1025 1 New York Inc Trademark n V U So C S Patent r t Of Of-lc Of noe CALIFORNIA March March- March California has hall ha been watching the recent tennis career of ot Bill Tilden with keener Interest than any oth- oth other oth other er en performance In sport excepting only the len Leng affair some seven se thousand miles In lit the gener- gener general cener-al cener xii al direction of the cast east California Is 13 wondering whether this v will be the year after the Ion long walt wait when Bill Johnston will final finally ly Iy break through th Tilden bar bar- barrier bar barrier ncr rier to regain the place he won soy soy- seven soyen sev seven en years ago aco Year after year Johnston has haa ha given fiven the long and agile Tilden a a series cries of oC heroic bat bat- battles batties bat battles ties but for Cor si six seasons lie be has hili found Cound the th champion It a a trifle too t atlon But Little Bills Bill's many back backers ers era believe belle now that If It Borotra and Ie 10 Costs Coste Cost can stop n Johnston can when they meet again at Forest ForeSi Fore Hills XO NO UNDERRATING This state has hili given riven tennis more mOle stars st than any three states com corn combined b ned The partial list lift Includes Include Mc Mc Johnston Tom Bundy the May l Sutton Sulton Mary K 1 Browne and Helen Wills It Is a great tennis center and Is In the th way ways WIlYS of ot tennis form So It Isn't underrating Tilden Experts here her know that a spring and summer of outdoor competition will have bate a different DIg Ble Bill on the war path by September Yet ho o a lost lo t something of his former great great- nesa ne OeM for there ther has been no other ye yer r when two opponents could out outplay play piny him within a few Cew weeks to stop hIm In straight set sets This was wall wa something that could not have hav happened to the th Tilden of 25 1920 20 ston will wUi make the effort ot of hili hi tennis life lite lit this s season on to reach the to top just once more lIe II won his hii first title till eleven year years ago aeo and andIn hiP In last lut title back In 1919 l l lIe He II has of been within a stroke of oC at least three champlon championships since sine that last and this narrow margin marcin has kept hope hop 1 In hi his heart for tor the last laet la six years year 1926 12 may be his chance hance again end nd If It can put LIttle Bill BlU and Helen Wills through the front lines Unea In the th same sanle sam season sason there her will 1 be little more mor to look for tor A YO VOICE ICE TEXAS Delli Dear Sir In behalf of the state of Texas I would like to tl enter enter the world most versatile performer I 1 dont don't mean versatile In anyone any one sport such as track of field feld I re- re refer refer re refer fer to games came that are ar wid ido apart In Inthe these theae activities The entry I name Is Trill Tris Speaker the th Gray Eagle of Texas Speaker 1 Is III still the th greatest Kr ale outfielder baseball hili ha ever ver known Ito He III I still one on of the three greatest er At golf Kolf he breaks break SO 10 consIstently and Is 18 one on of ot the best match play play ri en around lIe II recently finished In the th Sunny South trap trapshooting shooting tournament where many of the beat best shots shot of the th southwest c He Re only recently came cioce to breaking a world worlds world's record in III B it steer roping contest to extend the sweep ot of his hili varlet variety And It might be b recalled that Speaker Is Isnow isnow Isnow now gray rny and partly bald on his W wy y to forty after acter seventeen years year of f c F competition competition F J P CALIFORNIA AND AJ VY- VY TITLE California Is I Watching the heavy heavy- heavyweight weight situation If there ther Is any such auch situation with something ap ap- ap approaching Intersectional Interest California sent Corbett and Jef fries Jf-fries fries to the th front and Dempsey Is Isnow isnow Isnow now a a resident of ot this plate nate The west has sent out most of the heavyweight champion but just justat justat at t this thi thu moment the tho th west has hall ha no likely contender on his hi way to the lop The The- Last East leads In this fbi his respect with Will Wills Tunney y Berlenbach I Delaney and Stribling Dempsey hili ha them guessing as a in California as ho he h has haa In New r-eW NewYork York There Ther seems to be b no ono one I including Dempsey who Is on the II inside of the th e champion on plan plans ITHE TR THE MOSE ro n VERSATILE WOMAN I In addition to Its other stars California also l o lays claim to the tho most mOlt versatile of ot all women atari Her name nam is III I Mary K 1 Browne ana a na competitor In la any game cam she ho tackles loll Miss Mil Browns Brown star stars In a a tennis championship one on week and the next week find her beating some first clans clus golfer colter She has made mad a 3 dy asti-dy of ot each sport with much more keenness than the tb others show male mal or female femal MIss Mis Browne figure figures that by changing her came me once one In a awhile awhile while while she prevents staleness and breaks up monotony Thi This Thill II I the same belief Norman Brookes Brooke al at always way ways held Brookes Brooke always alway mixed up tennis and golf s-olt t In order to keep II a varied program ram at work Tilden Bill Johnston and Miss Mill Mis Wilt Wills have never d this thi variety vanity so 10 a per haps hap after all you cant can't prove any thIng by It It Hornsby believe In on baseball and Speaker believes in mixing up hll hi games i Both have hav done fairly well oo 00 |
