William Tatem Tilden has not been popular in France. A year ago at the St. Cloud tournament, the crowd disliked his patronizing attitude, his brusque commands to the ball boys; one section of the stands hissed when he criticized a lineman's decision. But when Rene Lacoste defeated Tilden in the finest tennis ever seen on the Continent, Frenchmen went to the cafes content.
Later, as everyone knows, Tilden was drubbed by both Lacoste and Cochet, in England and the U. S. France captured the Davis Cup as well as every important singles championship.
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