New Britain herald., 1928-07-19
TILDEN CHEERED AS
 HE OFFERS TO HELP
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President Collom and Chairman Wear. Two of the three disputed articles were out prior to the sail. ing of Wear and Collom from the United States. One of the articles was fully discussed in . committee meeting attended by them both but no unfavorable comment was made by anyone present. Tt seems very strange that the same article was SO much worse aft- CT Wear and Collom were two days at sea. l deeply regret the embar- rassment occasioned Mr. Wear and MT. Collom as we'll as to the team, but I am glad to say that all these gentlemen feel that there is no in- lent on my part to evade or vio- late the rule. Once more the ren- ,tlemen in the United States are in- I terpretlng my motives and once more incorrectly. I reiterate I have not 10 the best of my knowledge yio- lated the spirit or the letter Of the amateur rule. have offer ed my services to Mir. Wear for pyac- tice for the team until the challenge round"
 Cheers greeted Tildens offer to place himself at the disposition Of the other members of the American team over which he has ruled for the last six months.
 "Vive le grand Bill" Frenchmen roared.
 That's the right spirit" said Gil lou to Tilden. as he shook him warmly by the hand. As the excitement reached its height. Frank Hunter, George Lott. John Hennessey and Wilbur Coen gathered about their deposed captain while Bill smiled sadly. Meanwhile Wear drafted the fol- lowing cable addressed to the [. S. L. T. A. at New York:
 T hereby tender my resignation as chairman of the Davis Cup com mittee to take effect immediately upon arrival in the United States of the American team. I also resign as a member of the Davis Cup conn mittee and of the advisory commit tee. The holding of meeting in my absence of the committee of which I am chairman to consider the d. leged offense of Tilden in writing newspaper articles on July ! and 6 when the matter could have been considered prior to my sailing on midnight of July 6. and my sincere belief that in this instance Tilder ts being unjustly treated are the causes for my resignation.
 The action of the committee in demanding the withdrawal of Til- den at the last moment Is incom. prehensible to competing nations and makes us ridiculous in their eyes. The lack of consideration shown for Collom and myself is be- yond understanding. We will play Lott and Hennessey in the doubles and Hunter and Hennessey in the singles"
 Gillou told the Associated Press that France had made no repre- sentations concerning Tilden's news paper activities at Wimbledon.
 "The initiative for Tilden's dis barment did not come from France" he said. We were the most sur. prised people in the world when this thing broke."
 French officials pointed out that their federation permitted players to write newspaper articles without re- striction. They even pointed out that Cochet's articles at Wimbledon appeared simultaneously with Til- den's.
 "rhis washing of dirty linen is en- tirely Americas affair."" Gillou com mented. We are unconcerned in it although we deeply regret that N should occur at this stage of the competition. We wish to remain ins- partial. taking no side in the con. troversy."