New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-21
GOLFERS TEE OFF
IN TITLE tourney
National Open Championship
Started at Olympic Fields

Chicaro. June ~ R-Although
the gentle arts OF cracking chins
and pummelinE ear. are principally
In the limelight here today. It
should also be noted that this seems
to be the year for busting up some
OF the most beautiful friendships
and profitable partnerships in
sports.
First there was the sudden part
ing between John McGraw and the
aggressive young man he had
groomed to succeed him, Rogers
Hornsby, for the best interests OF
the Giants"
Now the well known local firm Of
Red Grange and c. e. Pyle has
split after 4 Sensational ASA citation
that began to the roar OF the grid
iron crowds and ended on the f1nan-
cial rocks OF the celebrated Bunicn
Derby.
The highly lucrative Dempsey
Tunney- Richard Combination, last
In business here. also IL at an end,
after two boom years. Moreover,
the talk 10 that Tunney, win or lose
against Tom Heeney, will cut the
few remaining ties that bind him
with Billy Gibson and retire from
the boxing business altogether,
Tunney virtually broke up his bus'-
ness partnership with Gibson two
years ago. Gene didn't like the
way his manager handled the frst
bout with Dempsey. financially. and
he has directed his own affairs
since then.
The champion, counting his earn
inss for the Keeney battle this year
al "in the bag" will have made
more money than any other fighter
within 4 given space Of time. For
three fights in slightly less than two
years. Tunney's earnings will have
reached 100000. Dempsey
cleaned up in 1s:s-c7 with $780,
600 as his end for three flghts, but
it took the MAnassa mauler nine
years and nine championship
scraps TO amase his total ring earn
inKs Of $4,000, 900.
Tho experts often talk Of the get
rich-quick partnership OF Dempsey
and Kearns, another famous friend
ship that hit the rocks. but Dempsey
earned as much after It was broken
as he did before.
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No immediate conclusion should
be drawn that the widely baIlyhooed
new tennis strike will help Big Bill
Tilden and his Davis Cup teammates
rout the French champions. Nor is
about 1t In Paris, where the first
line Of defense Is still totterins
along with LAcoste. Cochet, Boro-
ira. and Brugnon.
Tilden, they say. has used the new
stroke. imparting greater speed. un-
consciously. The inference is that
1t would be distinctly undesira BILE to
tackle Big Bill when he was fully
conscious Of his super-stroking
power. magic touch or what is It?
Tilden's success or failure in the
forthcoming few weeks at Wimble.
don ana Paris depend on how well
he conserves his energy and keepa
his stroking control in a succession
Of hard matches. The odds are
against him. They are at least two
II not three to one and their names
are Lacoste. Cochet and Borotra
On any given day Tilden has the
stun to beat anyone Of the French.
men but Il takes more than a new
and secret stroke, if any, to beat
two Of them in a row.
1t looks like a free-for.all acram.
BILE among the Olympic sprintinl
candidates. owing to an unprece.
dented sSries Of upsets and acct
dents. Not many weeks ago il
was simple enough to head the lie
with Borah, Paddock, Locke. scholz
and a few othera But the van
guard now il led by Rracey, Wykof
and Hussey.
| Paddock Echelz and Locke. no
yet up to old time form. are likel,
| to make the team, but Borsh. gen
orally regarded a. the best al
around sprinter In America. seem
to be sheived for the year, Bow
man has broken down and Paddocl
was beaten twice by Wykoff A
Los Angeles. Hank RusselIs CON
| 1itton IL IN Doubt hut he will r.
s fs,n' Of the best If back in 49,: