Show THE SPORT SPORT- SPORT LIGHT LIGHT Uy DI CHANTLAND SO RICE Copyright t 1020 New C Turk ork Tribune In Inc Registered U S I ot- ot Of Office fice THI IIII BIG In tiao tho 1 n of or the lh Florida rush TUSh of big bif league ball players player It a short while ago I ran across an an- an another another other athlete just starting train train- trainIng trainIng Ing who seemed to be bo In a much muc more serious mood than any of oth the diamond luminaries dashIng dashIngto to and fro At the he timo mo he was just ju t start start- startIng starting Ing for lor tho the Hotel tennIs courts at Miami ready for tor his first warmIng up His Ills name nama was Dill Bill Tilden and If It there them ever was wasa wasa waa a comp competitor with a serious orlou pur- pur purpose purpose purpose pose In mind Bill Tilden Is the entry He Ho Is facing the th most Important campaIgn of his long lone career and he is facing it with a combined determination and eagerness that one rarely secs sec In iii any form torm of sport TILL THI DIG BIG YEAH YIt Y It This will be b the tho most eventful year ear or the most important year In the history of American tennis Tilden remarked that check the It means we w e FrenCh uprising now or that we will be b submerged fo for tor many years ears possibly rive five or six rte 9 e have three of the greatest young youns tennis J players In the world to stoP and they have havo the help of two or three others almost as a good one on of the strongest tennis lineups any na- na natIon na nation tion lion ever know Leconte Cochet Landry and others have youth stamina and experience the once ence th jour our great reat combinations so it Is easy to see c the Immensity of the undertaking America faces to hold tb the Davia cup and regaIn her lost championship Tilden isn't l nt going to wait walt for any Invasion He Is going to do dothe dothe the first attacking on French and British soli Oil and he h Is now getting ready leady tor for the hardest year and pos possibly the greatest year car of ol his career The Th tall 1411 and lanky already looks to be b In la August form torm He In training to toIL toa toa IL a certain extent and he looks to- to today today to today day as a If it ho he were ready to face any opposition within a week so BO BOtar tar far os as a physical looks go to Which Is to say fay that he h has ha no surplus fl sh off hA I o e s still as a nimble on his feet as any young young leopard patrolling his hia do- do domaIn domain do domain main UP VI TO THE TIlE KNEE The Th result of invasion will depend to a large larte extent up- up upon upon upon on the tho th durability of or his hi somewhat wounded knee The first t detect defect came from front an old soccer wound when ho he was kicked just ju t below elow the knee cap Injuring the liga- liga ligaments ligaments ments In his first workouts ho found the tb knee almost as strong as ever vrr But It will be b largely II a matter of of luck If It the th once one torn ligaments hold together lo through the campaIgn he h has mapped out If the th knee goes Tilden goes toos for forno forno orno no man can play first class cla tennis tennison on one not leg let not against a Borotra and Cochet If It the knee holds out and doesn't weaken eaken while he h made mado no boast boa of any amyl sort undoubtedly expects to have at least an even chance If not a slight edge lIe II had nothing to 10 say ay concerning the outcome out out- outcome out outcome come but It If ho he h Is right ht ho he h doesn't expect ct to get pet trimmed again THAN EVER EVEtt I am keener for tennis thIs year for tor this thin coming coining trip to France and Wimbledon than I have ever been In my life he h said aid I am ant keener for or tennis this year than I have ever been before be- be before be before fore and this will wilt bo be b a II help There were ere other things thine that came before tennis las Ise season and this thi took awa away much of the th pleasure of playing Tennis will now be bemy bemy bomy my first t thought until after the Davis cup and the national cham cham- champIonship championship I feel fed In a wa way as it if itI I was w is just on some somo big adventure And nd that is la what It amounts to This In a away way Is natural ra enough Tilden had won six lx years In a 1 row America had the Davis cup seven even years ye r In a arow arow row v There can be b just just-as just as much n II monopoly of ot victory fiS as a there can be ba of almost defeat defeat almost II as a much anyway Tilden as champion had bad no par par- particular particular par particular goal coal oat to gaIn caln But Tilden as champion ex-champion has bas the tho old home home- h homestead homestead stead to recapture reca with American tennis swinging In the th balance The Fr French now have the tho great great- treat treat-ct est eat young tennis bunch any nation ever evor sent lo to action Tho The Unite i States has hila ha never known etc ILC play play- players player ers cre er of ol such calibre Neither has haa Great Britain not In the tho day of the tho Doherty Dohert'S or In At the reign relm of Brookes and WildIng Each ElLch na- na na nation tion may have had two to match and Cochet and Borotra- Borotra Borotra but not enough talent to match the entire French cast call On this account 1127 1927 will be b the tho most roost In- In Interesting interesting In your year In tn all ail tennis l and If it Tilden can fight his hi way through again he lie will be One on ne pf of the tho marvels marvel of competition what what- whatever whatever ever the thu sport port |