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TILDEN BROKE HIS CONTRACT
William T. Tilden was 48 in February and his hair is graying, but he is lean and has only one chin. He owns a house in Philadelphia (which he has been trying to sell) and has three thousand phonograph records in storage there, but he feels that really the nearest thing he has to a home is a Lincoln Zephyr in which he has done more than 21,000 miles since he bought it in January
He has just completed a four-"Beanor and I will take you and Mary month four in which
he played on for five games."
70 matches. The other members. of the troupe were Alice Marble, Donald Budge, Mary Hardwick, and, part of the time, Eleanor Tennant. Their contracts forbade them to play in public except is arranged by their management,
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In Toronto
This was in Toronto, where they were invited to visit the Royal Canadian Air Training Corps, Budge wasn't in the others city at the time but the four arrived, in street clothes, and found three thousand men expectantly gather- ed around an asphalt tennis catirt
Miss Marble sang Н Bong Tilden then explained their contractual lumita- tions and said they'd all demonstrate a few strokes without actually playing They borrowed some rackets, and after Ave minutes of demonstration, Tilden turned to Miss Marble and satd.
STARTING TIMES
AT FANLING
Following are Royal Hung Keng Club's starting tumes at Fanling Sunday and Monda
SUNDAY OLD COURSE
Group Emblem Presented
They played the five games, the atris in high-heeled shoes, and the Air Corps presented each of them with the group's official winged emblem, which Tilden now wears in his lapol.
Tilden told us that he was in Holly- wood for a spell last autumn and made He says a short for Warner Brothers. that Jack Warner is crazy about tennis. and is not a bad player, for a producer Every Sunday, he and Tilden would take on all hands at doibles, generally winning. Tilden considers Mickey Rooney the best tennis player among the Hollywood actors.
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Tilden's main income comes from his playing, but he also has profitable con- 'racts with the Dunlop Tire & Rubber and the US Rubber companies per inifting the use of his name on their Tennis products. He had scarcely told Is this when a messenger from one of 178452580 Corporations arrived. bringing h273 11 pair of red, white, and blue sneakers My goodness!" said Tilden
'Am I supposed to wear these?" messenger nodded
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Tilden Is starting on next month He likes touring, although he runs into some funny freaks un hia Trips. In Indiana, this winter, prior to un exhibition, he was standing near the box office when a man behind him said
grabbed his That looks like him.* and swung him arm.
around. By Gud. It is said the man, and spun him back again.
In 1929, in Forest Hills, a man asked Tilden whether he remembered him or he ex- not and when Tilden said no, claimed, "What! Why, I spoke to you when you came off the court in Auck- land, New Zealand. In 1820!"*
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Polo Results
Following were the results of water- polo matches in the European Y.M.C.A. invitation tournament played at Army Pool Inst evening:- 16th A.A. Bty., R.A. 7 Royal Scots "B" 2
Davidson, Morris.
Lear 3. Giblin 2.
Molyneaux 2
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Millar, Slater.
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TO-NIGHT'S GAME
At the Y.M.C.A pool to-night Midate- sex "A" will meet Middlesex "B" in
the same tournament
Table To Date
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pls.
Signals
18 17
1
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97 10
33
Middionox "A"
17 14
2
90 18 30
Y.M.C.A.
17 14
3 0 85 22 28
R. Scots "A"
18 12
B 1 63 68 26
R. Navy "A"
15 10 4 1 56 33 21
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A. Navy "C"
17 4 * 2 47 41 20
C. Small Units 18 9 8 1 54 82 10
5 8 2 43 43 +2
8th Regt. R.A. 16 6thA.A.Rogl. R.A. 16 5 9 2 43 50 12
Middlesex "D". 16
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SMALL UNITS COMPETITION
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In the Army Small Units Knock-out Competition last evening. "A" Com- pany, Middlesex scored 9 goals (Jen- uings 4, Birdsey 2, Burdge 2 and Ure) in their match against 12th R.A. whọ failed to find the net even once.
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