Tennis Champ Bill Tilden

In the attached article you'll read that VANITY FAIR's sports writer, Grantland Rice (1880 – 1954), had his doubts as to whether tennis champ Bill Tilden (1893 – 1953) could keep his title for a third year in a row (he did; all told, "Big Bill" Tilden won the U.S. Tennis Championchips 6 times in succession and 7 times altogether).