Critics speak of Rene Lacoste of France as a tennis machine. If true, he is the strangest machine known to man. William Tatem Tilden II of the U. S. had him two sets to one, and a 3-1 game lead in what looked like the final set, at Wimbledon last week. The machine was making inexplicable errors. But, somehow, by rushing recklessly to the net, the machine brought the set to 4-4. In the next game was a critical point for which there was a long and terrific volleying. Tilden drove the ball over a far corner of the net; the...
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