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28 SPORTS." THE EVENING STAR, WASHiyOTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY, JASTTART 2. 1929. SPORT?/ LRiegels’ “Boner” Gives Tornado Edge : Ramblin’ Wreck no Wreck Physically THERE’S ONE IN EVERY OFFICE. —BY BRIGGS [ Down the Line DASH WRONG WAY STAMINA OF TECH With W. O. McGEEHAN Copyright. i say of DEBT ., , 1028. New York Tribune Inc. Frejd cam Fm (The: CuRSe Tim ) ALPH have no s/ices^ absolutely Free from I s ON,e oP rHe V/ORST lofAMY *«nD* Thats ujhy tennis experts tell me that Mr. William Tilden 2d. who was sus- ; « pended from participation in official amateur tennis tournaments for ciaje (he World-* I hay/oj’ 1 free or debt haug BEATS BEARS. 8-7 i i dom't 1 f cm TEAM SURPRISING writing illegal literature while abroad in quest of the Davis Cup, is I oajce single .solitary, ) Beem iljdegt Fioß-TiEM J I a bank account “Be-side-s. about to be restored to good standing. Another rumor has it that he rating I NEVER » THEis to receive No. 1 in the tennis about to be released. \ CENT 1 \ -AMD , to L -K To HtS \ AGAIN- J LQ Georgians Refuse to Wilt I gather that it would seem strange to the boys who keep tabs on tennis Center Goes r UP EARS WILL Bt= OWES statistics if Mr. Tilden. should be ranked that high, because he was an outcast, V—r- I Every NX \) IM DEBT. 1 , y / \r HAS BPEN ON . S 3 DY so far as the United States Lawn Tennis Association was concerned, when i; Own Goal After Picking and Are More Powerful the men's national amateur tournament was on, and what a player does in that tournament figures considerably in his ranking. Unless, of course, the Late in boys who are making out the statistics allow for what Tilden might have done Up Fumbled Ball. Clash. had he not been null and void at the time. The ways of the boys making out statistics are too difficult for me. If Tilden is ranked No. 1, I would make no squawk whatever. But in addition to being L. C. 4Br the Associated Press. BY OWEN. absent from the national tournament, an exile for literary reasons, Mr. Tilden Calif., January 2 Calif., January was absent from a part of the Davis Cup campaign for the same reason, though The. Golden Tornado of Georgia Corn pone and hot biscuits j he started out as commanding general of the Davis Cup Expeditionary Forces Tech today held a claim to the proved themselves a more en- ; overseas. mythical foot ball PASADENA,during diet for athletes than 2.—;did It was only through the intercession of Ambassador Herrick that Tilden Nation’s permitted to play PABADENA.championship honors as the re- mush and milk in Georgia | was in the finals of the Davis Cup matches in France. were of its strangely wrought 8-to-7 Tech's defeat of California here Tues- ! Representations made that if Tilden were barred from that one the gate sult receipts for the would drop points. fjvictory over the Golden Bears of Cali- j day. Coach Bill Alexander’s Ramblin’ ij finals and the franc would bounce off a few Bow) New Year day Wreck Coach Nibs Price’s But immediately after the Davis Cup matches Tilden was made null and void iTomia in the Rose outlasted again, an Ishmael, a Prodigal or what have you, of Vlassic here. Golden Bears Just at a time when their Son amateur tennis. due, least, to wilt to But now the intimation is made that the Prodigal Son can come back if 1 Tech’s victory was in part at stamina was supposed owing he is by Roy Riegels, climatic changes, and dietetic sufficiently contrite and if he will promise to exercise more control over to a spectacular blunder water his They say illegal of the Western practices. portable typewriter. that so far as literature—illegal '"center and captain-elect from the point of view of the United States Lawn Tennis —is 'eleven, who in the second period ran Ever since the Georgia Yellow Jack- Aesociation direction, giv- ets hit Southern their morn- concerned Mr. Tilden will guarantee to type no more. Which suggests a <75 yards in the wrong California song popular advantage ing food subject of gas- revision of the four or five years ago: ing the Dixie Tornado an 1 ,',f . has been the r Atlantans ain’t a-gwine write more, '••which was turned into a safety and ~~~ tronomic arguments. The “He to no no more: Ah 2-point lead that won the game. ON ESPECIALLY - ABN brought their own very black cook along He ain’t a-gwine to write no more. A play that has been the subject of AfiouMD Christmastime- that Coach Alexander’s men might have But how in heck can the U. S. L. T. A. tell ianany the basis of ~ morning portion of hot biscuits He ain’t a-gwine to write more?” gridiron plots and all out* and their no 'many a magazine thriller, but seldom I’ve cut That and corn pone. According to this im- ball field was that which ( dodger was "wob- Personally, I am pleased that Mr. Tilden is about to be taken in and iiseen on a foot CONSEQUENTLY I'm out OF 7 ported chef the com against ‘.Riegels made inadvertently when he 7\\ in bacon fryin’s to make it more shriven for his offenses (if any) amateurism in tennis. The bouts LET... DQ.. T OVJ6 OMg bled” between Mr. Tilden and the moguls of the United States Lawn Tennis Associa- host his bearings. succulent and strengthening. Health always have i Neither side had scored. Tech had | J experts out here decried it as being tion been a source of innocent merriment during the dull season. Mr. Tilden has been player the 'the ball on its own 25-yard line. more dyspeptic than energy-building. a great tennis and a delight to watch on halfback, courts. He has done a great deal for tennis, and. on the other hand, tennis Stumpy Thomason, Tech Meanwhile the Berkeley warriors snatched up the ball daily on and succulent has done a great deal for Mr. Tilden. It was not until Mr. Tilden became fumbled. Riegels breakfasted mush singles producer and started for the Georgian’s goal. That became when the the champion that he was listed as an author, an actor, a <5 cream. known and a of other things that carry with them livelihood of some sort. He progressed a few steps, then wheeled chef in the big Pasadena hotel, where number a about and headed for his own goal line. the Golden Bears were quartered, spilled There are some who insinuate that the United States Lawn Tennis , Seventy thousand foot ball fans watched Association did not start to become quite firm with Mr. Tilden until it was a huge pot of it over his pedal extrem- this is unfair, 4n amazement as Riegels streaked down ities. Forthwith the dietitians who apparent that his best tennis was behind him. I think that Ihe field. morning because I am sure that the members of that association are earnest, perhaps criticized the Southerners' above fair. Some of the Georgians started after menu gave the mush diet their hearty overeamest, and, all, anxious to be tOhers stopped in their tracks. Riegels. O. K. Again, “What Is an Amateur?” .{Riegels had gone perhaps 20 yards to- So much for the matter of diet. The The United States Tennis had to j ward the goal when his Lawn Association undertaken define California close score of 8 to 7 in favor of the to its nth power or something of the sort, and that is no soft 'teammate. Benny Lorn, first to realize Atlantans does not tell the true story. amateurism Job. was happening, started in pursuit. Every now and then a leading editorial here and there starts with the (what Neither does the fact that the Californ- caption “What Is an Amateur?” and finishes nowhere. It can be seen from Mad Futile. ians scored another touchdown that no set-up, as Race should have this that the United States Lawn Tennis Association has picked looked as though it counted the would say, for its particular problem. i Down the field raced Riegels, the or that Roy Riegcls, next season’s Bear boys white lines passing beneath his feet, They are very serious gentlemen and have been annoyed no little by the captain, pulled one that will be tabu- Tilden, w'ho have been to see just his mind concentrated upon out-run- lated in to come as one of foot antics of the naughty Mr. seems to trying years go receiving the moral spanking which was admin- ning the Georgia Tech team. Lorn ball’s famous boners. how far he could without gradually overtook him. Once it looked istered to him during the Davis Cup campaign. as if Lorn were going to make a fly- . Tech Really Good. The United States Lawn Tennis Association ruled some time back that an lng tackle of his teammate, as he was amateur athlete should not profit directly or indirectly through his participation The Ramblin’ Wreck outcharged, out- that no amateur tennis diving distance, but he evidently oassed and out-intersepted the Berkeley- in sport. With this theory they made a special ruling xpected turn Riegels around. COLLEGE FOOT BALL player participating in an international tournament should write reports to ’ G. U. TO YALE ites from here to there.

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