When four of the world’s best tennis players in 1940 converged on Palm Beach for a friendly court battle at the private Everglades Club, hundreds of spectators, including members of the public, filled ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball. Honoring him with a historical marker should be an ace — if not for questions about his conduct ...
In the heady 19205, when the world of sport boasted such immortals as Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey, Earl Sande. Bobby Jones. Red Grange, Walter Hagen and Man o’ War, the gentlemanly game of tennis came out ...
(Reuters) - Bill Tilden's star shone brightly during the golden age of American sports in the 1920s but his legacy as the most dominant tennis player of his generation remains overshadowed by his ...