Sport: Tilden's Circus

At the Oak Tennis Club, Larchmont, N. Y., William T. Tilden, II, tennis champion, engaged in a "circus" match, "did wizard tricks with his racquet and ball."

In a singles match he "toyed" with Harold Throckmorton, 6-1, 6-2. When things grew dull, or when Throckmorton strove a little too valiantly, Tilden let loose a few fast ones that made Jove and his thunder look like a slow-ball pitcher.

But the "circus" came to town when "Bad Bill," playing double courts, took on Throckmorton and Voshell, also playing double courts. He beat them in a...

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