Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy Book

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Foreword	xi
Part 1
1.	I'll play my own sweet game	3
2.	Bill would adapt and lick them all	11
3.	Whatever he wanted to do, he did it in style	25
4.	The American boy ... loves a fair deal and hates a crook	41
5.	Any artist belongs to the country and to the world	55
6.	I can't do that anymore with my keystone finger gone	67
7.	You are a parasite ... a tennis gigolo	83
8.	The Lord never meant my face for a hero!	97
9.	I'll beat you yet, Rainy!	107
10.	All they can do is beat him, they cannot ever be his equal	123
11.	Please boo me all you will between points	133
Part 2
12.	The only child of William T. and Linie H. Tilden	143
13.	Master Junior! Master Junior!	149
14.	Everything that made life worthwhile lost favor	159
15.	He was starting to walk like a real fruit	167
16.	You know, Arthur's the only real son I ever had	183
17.	But, Bill, this time you're indicted	197
18.	Judge, I can't help myself	209
19.	Jesus, it was awful. The poor old son of a bitch	217
	Epilogue	227
	Career Highlights	230
	Index	231