PHILADELPHIA (AP) In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to ... after a 14-year-old boy was caught driving the star's car erratically. Officers pulled them over ...

William “Big Bill” Tilden, the Philadelphia native and Tennis Hall of Famer who dominated the early 20 th century game the way Babe Ruth dominated baseball, has been denied a historical ...

(CNN) -- Bill Tilden was a controversial tennis legend who dominated the sport ... Tilden remained a star attraction until well into his 40s, filling arenas such as Madison Square Garden in ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to ... after a 14-year-old boy was caught driving the star's car erratically. Officers pulled them ...

has come at last to one of the Waspiest subjects of them all -- the "gentleman" tennis star William Tatem Tilden II, known affectionately to his votaries around the world as Big Bill. Tilden hit ...

he was invincible," wrote Frank Deford in "Big Bill Tilden." "Tilden simply was tennis in the public mind." Tilden was a shining light during sports' Golden Age. In the 1920s his star glowed as ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) A state history group has again rejected a proposed marker honoring tennis ace Bill Tilden, whose complicated ... old was caught driving the star's car erratically.

When four of the world’s best tennis players in 1940 ... much-older player was the biggest star and a favorite in Palm Beach: William Tatem “Big Bill” Tilden II. Tall, blond and lean with ...

If Novak Djokovic wins the US Open, he will draw level with Bill Tilden on 10 Grand Slam singles titles. Here are 10 facts about Tilden, the biggest tennis star of the 1920s and 30s. 1.

PHILADELPHIA — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to ... after a 14-year-old boy was caught driving the star's car erratically. Officers pulled them over ...