Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

wonder Of tie world ii was
not without justification As play
er he is product of the most care
fuI. systematic teaching, begun on .
definite plan, and gradually brought
TO its full perfection The game ne
PLAYED in defeating Convey. the pro-
fessionai champion. Al the Philadel-
phla Racquet club. was convincing
not only 10 his opponent and 10 the
Epectators, but to the Englishman
who brought Convey over, and added
only more triumph to American attn
letic SKILL Convey succeeded in get
ting but one set out Of eight, ana
that by almost superhuman work,
which left him practically exhausted.
Thus another international issue
has been decided temporarily, at
least, for It is said that Gould VIII
give Covey satisfaction over on the
other side
Convey, after his defeat. had no ex-
cuse TO make He said Il was
beaten by better man. I think MI
Gould Is the greatest tennis player
the world has ever seen" The Hon
orable Neville LyttOn. who employs
Covey as professional. said y do
rot think there has ever been, or
player than Mr.. Gould"
Jay Gould is now 90 years old but
since he was youngster In knicker-
bockers he has been playing court
tennis A competent tutor was en-
gagged for the young man, and when
only II years old he defeated Peter
latham I'm 1905, who was one OF tho
leading players in the world. The
year following, he defeated Joshua
Crane for the United States national
amateur championship. He then be
gan taking on the stars Of England
and France In sos Gould Travelled
over TO England and played Eustace
IL Miles, at that time the most prom
inent English amateur Miles, Ike
those who went before him, couldn't
check the drives OF the hard hitting
yOungster Writing OF his defeat,
Miles said that his backhand strokes
against Gould's terrific serving were
like a bobbing straw hat,
Young Gould returned 10 this coun-
try and defended his title against all
corners In later years he took the
measure of George Standing. one NJ
the greatest players the court game
ever produced TO make his record
complete, Jay Gould challenged
George r. Covey for the worlds title,
ard now stands on the highest PIN
nacle Of the court tennis world.
EVERYBODY will be much inter
IL ested i'm the work Of the Indian,
Thorpe under Manager McGraW, OF
the Giants, this year 1t is reported
that McGraw is working him as a
regular IN center field down in Texas
This Is the man who won the all
pund championship I'm the Olympic
nmes. called tho decathlOn and was
be hero and idol Of the American
lorld for some months Then devel-
bed rumors, followed finally by the
Explosion of the scandal in which II
tas discovered and admitted by
Thorpe that he had received money
Dor playing baseball I mention this
not without due reason. and that rea-
son is to show In what spirit the
public, both here and abroad, still re
gard Thorpe.
Everyone here realizes that SO far
from being a professional In those
contests for the Olympic champion
ship. Thorpe had done nothing for
money that bore any relation 10 his
proves in the event for which he
was competing That u.s. had he been
man who made his living by en-
gaging in the kind OF athletic con-
tests which determined this cham
pionship il would have been entirely
different but still, having at an ear
lier period taken some money for
playing baseball this did literally and
properly debar him from the contest
by the rules
A member Of the olympic com
mittee les the authority for the state
ment that a certain foreign nation
WAS SO sympathetic for Thorpe that
after the denouement they proposed
60 take up subscription and had
staried one to present him with a
trophy. when they were asked To drop
the matter II is safe To- say that the