Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15

Nobody could estimate in dollars and
cents the value Of the ballyhoo that
golf and tennis brought to the resorts
and realty developments in Florida
alone. But 1t may be speaking out of
turn to dwell upon the practical side
of amateur sports. I recall writing
something about golf and real estate
once and 1t almost caused Mr.. Robert
Tyre Jones to become unfriendly:
Mr.. Tilden seems to be hard to fol-
low as the United States Lawn Tennis
Association discovered to its acute
be following him literally for a while
The last statement that recalled as
attributed to Mr.. Tilden was that he
was going to devote all of his energy
to the dramatic art and, at the time,
he was leaving to appear in show in
London.
After that heard that Mr.. TiIden
was appearing in a London night
| club-they also have night clubs in
London. But l did not care to seek
him out and ask how the show was
going. That is considered a faux
pas in the show business unless you
| keep posted. When you ask how the
show is going it might have been
closed month ago.
| There did not seem to be any night
| club around Monaco but the Casino
and the boys and girls there seem to
be too occupied watching the little ball
/ roll around and the cards and one thing
and another to wish to be annoyed by
| any entertainers. Even Tex Gujnan
| herself would not get a tumble in the
| Casino. If she pulled the line Hello
sucker" in that joint the private dicks
or gendarmes would give her the air
because everybody would take it as a
very personal remark. Wise-cracking
will get you no francs in the Principal
| ity of Monaco.
I When I said that there were no night
clubs in Monaco I might have been
wrong. drove up to one place that
J looked like night club, but they said
it was the palace of the Prince of
Monaco, who has a bigger collection of
| fish stuffed and au natural than Fred
Fletche, the rod and gun man. But
the doorman of the palace wore the
same kind of uniform that was worn
by the best night club doormen in New
me a stall because he took me for a
revenue man or a copper, although rev.
enue men or coppers would Starve to
death along the Riviera.
+ The System Players.
nERHAPS might have reached the
L country club at Monte Carlo in
time to see Mr.. Tilden I'd and Miss
Elizabeth Ryan working out, but that
would have been no novelty, even
though I will admit that Mr.. Tilden al
ways gives a good show on the tennis
courts, even If his acts died on him In
New York and London because they
were over the heads of the audience
Many a good actor has, Topped for the
same reason and there is no stigma
attached to 1t. The drama is q tough
racket and from what they tell me
there is no chance that 1t ever will gel
any softer.
What delayed me was that I was fas
cinated by watching the greatest Opt
mists in the world, the system players
at roulette in the Casino at Montt
Carlo. Psychoanalyst once told me
, that I had pessimistic inclinationS ant
that it might do me good to mix arounC
little with optimiStS. So I cultivated
the acquaintance of Yaphank Benin!
and some of the boys who have systems
for beating the races.
But all of the roulette players In
the public salon al Monte Carlo have
their systems and everything is writ
ten down for them i'm a little book.
IL is SO simple that one Of those
mechanical men could play roulette.
You scatter some francs ON the
numbers indicated In the little code
book, then you wait until the ball
stops and the cr0upier rakes In the
chips.
Il do not know whether 1t is com.
pulsory to play a system at roulette al
Monte Carlo, but it must be, because
every player. regardless of sex, aor o.
previous state of insolvency, had & littls
system book and no money went on the