Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-10
THE TWO BILLS HOLD 4
SWAY IN TENNISDOM
No One appears on Horizon Who Apparently Can Glue
Either Tilden or Johnston Battle on Turf Court
Both Cleaned Up in 1920
BY GRANTLAND RICE

ct HAVE heard it said," writes a
J. fan, "that the White Sox last
season would easily have been the
greatest ball club in the game IL the
discredited players had only been
honest. 1t doesn't strike me they were
quite that good"
The White Sox. in their most honest
mood, were never so good n ball club as
the Cubs of 1905 and 1907 or the Ath-
letics nj 1910 and 1911.
Chance, Evers, Tinker and Stein
feldt-McInnis, Collins. Barry and
Baker either Of these inields had sew :
eral shades on the White Sox combina-
tion, where only Collins and Weaver
were good ball players.
Ray Schalk is great catcher, but
so was. Johnny. King. The White Sox
outfield. with Jackson, Felsch and Col
Sheckard Hoffman Schultz array.
And the old Athletic pitching com
bination Of Bender, Plank and Coombs
had a running jump on Cicotte, Will
liams, Kerr and Faber.
The White Sox at their best were
very good, but not the greatest machine
in history by eight or ten parasangs.
The Difference
CIR-Why isn't David, pound for
- pound, the greatest fighter in his
tory? Isn't he the only lightweight in
history that ever knocked out a heavy
weight with one punch? II there is
another one never heard of him.
F. r. X.
TRUE enough as far as it goes. But
l. under modern conditions few boxers
are permitted to enter ring with a
sling and brick coyly concealed about
their persons. There is big difference
between q six-ou glove and FIVE
ounce rock.
THE toughest opponent that Benny
l. Leonard will meet this season vii
be the lightweight displacement. HI
can still slip under the mark, but no
with many ounces to spare. And few
boxers lose weight as they grow older
Bill VS.. Bill
rTHE tennis campaign for 1921 in thu
l. main looks to be an affair Of Biz
Bill VIZ. Little Bill.
Tilden and Johnston between then
have mopped up from Forest Hills Il
New Zealand, with no one in sight t.
crowd either to the top Of his game
Johnston stopped Tilden dccisively II
1919. Tilden overturned the verdict il
1920.
They are so we'll matched that no ont
can tell what adjustment 1921 will brint
about. But their meeting is likely t
carry more interest than even the Davi:
Cup matches, unless some outside cuun'
try can suddenly develop additiona
talent.
When Brookes and Patterson, playing
at home. were unable to check out &
match out of five starts, the wide dis
crepancy can be noted. These two hole
the same margin of superiority at home
They stampeded the field in 1919 ant
last year again overpowered all outside
rivalry. Their reign won't last forever
but neither could be classed as a veteran
yet. If they carry the stamina o.
Norman Brookes. the two Bills will
control the tennis situation for many
years to come.
WHAT game has the biggest drawing
w capacity? Our guess is football
Yale and Harvard, If there were space
enough, could easily draw 100, ,OO(
people. 1t might be argued that Icmp'
sey and Carpenter, if the admission
price was only So, could draw ever
more. This one battle might But OF
the average football will lure out {
greater attendance game than agy
sport we now have under way. Mod
ern football undoubtedly has become tn,