Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-10-29

MON and ire marks are left Deep circies u""V'
the ewes and habit of almost passionate con'tn-
tration are the unsought accompaniment W.
world championship. Tiden's nervous orgahiza-
tion 10 KEYED 10 tremendous pitch. And yer
when ha was asked how he trained. without hesi-
fancy he answered:
~ trv TO keen u normal menta, attitude. try
TO keep my mind right The staeness OF afh'e'es.
| think Is due to mental rather than to phvs''i'
causes Ty Cobb told me that he trained nara TOR
six weeks and then broke training for day 10
prevent staeness. After the interruption he goes
back strict system.
~ don't break training. but ! try in various
ways to keep my mental attitude balanced ana
normal. stop playing for day or two when u
seems TO he necessary, and ] look for some d.
version A game Of bridge music the thenter
afford relief to me.
81 have not got any system or training except
the system which attempts to keep things normal.
l go to he'd early. but not too early not much be
fore eleven. and sleep late as can. think
any drinking hurts the tennis game. ana una that
for me very light smoking is best
81 am not born tennis player am what you
might call handmade tennis player. have
worked to learn tennis and any other youngster
who wants to work as hard can learn TO play as
good better game
'Al through my school and college days play
ed Until ! reached the university played sue
cessfuy Then | realized that the strokes and
the system Of play which good enough for
boys were not good enough for the .larger compe-
tition. So set about learning better system
It took me about two full years to get it. ] was
eighteen and nineteen while this going on
and in the university
IT practiced the system finally learned by a
process of elimination. Three things watched
the stroke itself the position of my feet and the
distribution of the weight of my body II my
feet were placed correctly and my weight was
properly distributed and still the ball did not re-
spond. then | knew the stroke Itself must be at
fault and so I worked at that. That was the way
l learned the game
II practice now as much as seems to be nece-
sary II we're 10 make rule should say three
sets of tennis day four days In the week. would
be good average But when getting ready for
a match train ms much as is needed. You can
not tell how much that involves. The thing TO do
is to get your eye focused on the ball. That may
come quickly or II may be slower. II may be de-
sirable to play Is sets in one day and then to stop
sharply for day. 1t depends on your condition
and on how quickly you respond"
Tilden is a nervous. wiry man. AS with many
who are successful In different ways, he alsorbs
energy from the crowd His best game Is played
when excitement runs highest
81 will be perfectly frank and honest" he said
81 love crowd. In practice am good at all
Half of the kids play with beat me- mere
children whom coach in practice. The excite
ment of tournament inspires me and makes my
game better"
william T. Tilden ii. lives. and has his
beIng In the realm of tennis Not only he thinks
about his own game. but also he is Interested In
the national and international recognition Of
tennis.
sThe future Of tennis is bright" he said 'srhii
country ought to produce more good tennis play
ers than any other nation. There hun
dreds and even thousands of boys between twelv,
and eighteen years who play real tennis. "Thank
to this Junior system and to the building OF mu
ncipal courts tennis Is becoming truly nationa
game. II il ne longer q class game-thank Go,
for that