Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-25
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The Athletes Calvary

The Athletes Calvary
Bill Tilden need not feel person.
ally insulted because the gallery
Jeered him the other day when he
played young Cliff Suffer in the
Rye tournament. The cry Of the
wolves comes sooner or later TO all
OF them. And IL comes surest when
a mans powers are slipping away.
when age dims his brilliance and
slows his step, when he needs cheers
most OF all.
They yelled at Methewson, Take
MIN out" Big Six Sensed the ami
mostly the crowd bears for the has
been and quit pitching before the
anvil chorus got well tuned up. Babe
Ruth is a victim Of the crowds mood
every time he strikes out.
Pangs From Within
The other day in Paris. just be-
fore departing to compete in the
national championships at Fores;
Hills, Jean Borotra made a franz
little confession TO Minott Saunders.
Paris correspondent for NEA Service
and this newspaper. The pictures
que Borotra, probably the most
popular Of the international tennis
players and the most graceful
sportsman known to the game, is in
his early thirties. He wasn't wor-
ried so much about being defeaued
by Tilden at Wimbledon and in the
Davis Cup match at Paris. but 1t was
his five set match with George Lott
that convinced him he vas slipping.
Il never want to make my friends
suffer again as they did during that
match" the Bounding Basque told
Saunders. Nor do l want TO live
through again the Calvary that I
endured before Lott. I must admit
that I am too old.
This year I trained as never be-
fore. I worked like a demon and
was In perfec- physical condition
but it was only by a hair that I
DID YOU KNOW THAT
Whichone viii spend the rest Of
his days at Brookdale Farm u. he
pulled a tendon in the running OF
the TraverS . . few champions
ever come back after such an in
Jury . 4. Whichone's father, Chicle.
was a rascal j. Indispensable and
at times sulky :. Whichone was
different :. amiable and always
ready TO give the best he had -.
once at Latonia the stall gate
from which the horses were start
ed in a distance race. stuck, and
the assistant starters had TO run
down the track and throw their
coats over the horses heads TO
halt the race :. There are signs
conspicuously displayed at the
track az Saratoga Springs, warn
ing all that gambling is strictly
forbidden e.. Babe Ruth thinks
night baseball is a wonderful
thing-for a curveball pitcher.
Gives Job To Rene
Next year. says Borotra, the care
Of the Davis Cup will be entrusted
to Henri Cochet and Rene Lacoste,
with Jacques Burgnon almost GER
tain to be seen in the doubles.
TITS all settled" said Borotra. i
lunched with Lacoste and w fixed
It I'D between the fruit and cheese.
Rene is stronger now and says he
will be in top form next year. He
VIII nave W ~ LAAG AAC6NS WIN WANAa
Cochet. I will stand aside. OF course
/ shall play in tournaments, but !
am getting too old for Davis Cup
play"
Lacoste, who late last June mar
ried Mile. StI.one Thion de la
Chaume, French goh champion for
six successive years, IS now training
at his new villa near Biarritz. Sick
ness made him feel that he was not
strong enough for tournaments this
year.
Sees Power Slipping
It Is not SO much the JeerS Boro-
ira saws he feels. 1t Is the reallza-
ton that his star Is waning that
hurts. He has heard jeers before.
AT Germantown when the famous
French four won the Davis Cup, a
yclley Of American booS and jeers
greeted their every move on the
courts. And should a Frenchman
miss a stroke in that tournament,
the gallery would break into wild
shouts and applause.
Borotra bore that with a cynical
smile. But the inner realization is
what hurts the most.