Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
HIS SKILL SUPERB
AGAINST RICHARDS
unbeatable by Pro or ANA
teur," Veteran Follower
of Game Asserts.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

~ HAVE seen Bill Tilden play
:" championship tennis for upwards
Of dozen years." remarked q
veteran of the journalistic wars
upon leaving the Forest Hills stadium
after Big Bill walloped Vincent Rich
ards in the professional finals, but I
never saw him play better than he did
today. He was, in my opinion, UNI
beatable, by pro or amateur"
Dempsey, Jones, Tunney, Cobb, Speak
err Milburn and others have retired from
the competitive arena, where they were
in a way contemporaries of Tilden in
the golden age of American sport.
Yet Big Bill carries on, not with mere
gestures, but with as magnificent a dis
play of tennis artistry as we have ever
seen. Tilden is So His trick knee was
handicspping him as far back as 1926.
when he lost the American champion
ship.
The youngsters of American amateur
ranks finally caught up with him last
September, but since his conversion to
professional ranks he has put on an
amazing comeback for a tall, elderly
gentleman whose future was supposed
to be we'll behind him.
The Tilden that walloped Richards
with such consummate ease on q quiet
Sunday afternoon in July would be
4 to l to beat Doeg, Shields or any
other American, and at least even
money to take" Henri Cochet, the one
time Nemesis of Big Bill.
Polo Is Spreading.
THE sensational growth of polo in
L the United States within the past
few years shows no signs Of slack
ching during a period that has hit
other branches Of athletic activity.
The galloping game is one Of the
Oldest of known sports, going back to
the times when they used a stylus to
mark up the scores. but it has caught
the popular American fancy only in re-
cent years. beyond some Of the more
clustered Eastern confines
The University of Arizona boys went
home after their round trip to New
York with renewed zeal for pushing
polo's development in the Far West
among the collegians
Chicago has witnessed its first inter-
national play. featuring the Argentines.
The Black Hills Polo Association has
Just been organized to promote compe-
tition in South Dakota and Nebraska,
where the Army outposts help to slim
ulate interest.
Meanwhile, the Eastern sectors are
warming up for the high-goal competi-
ton that will find nearly all OF the
top-ranking American horsemen in
action, led by the boss mallet wieIder
Of them all, Tommy Hitchcock.
Army-Navy Rumors.
old MAN FOOT BALL is still in the
~ bullpen warming up for an early
getaway. but there is an occasional
suggestion around Broadway the Mid
summer days that the Army and Navy
are "on the verge" of PATCHING 1t up
again.
The service rivals haven't toe-ed any
! thing at each other. except pleasant
words, since they joined HANDS in cele-
brating the Poughkeepsie regatta VIC
tory of the sailors.
1t is understood the Navy wants to
move one of its outstanding foot ball
games to New York this year. perhaps
the contest with Southern Methodist,
now booked for Baltimore November
81. the week before the Army plays
Metre Dame in the Big Town
No doubt S. M. U. would be willing,
inasmuch as the Texans are looking
for spots" The only metropolitan
opposition November 81 is the Ford
ham, ucknell contest.