TILDEN SENTENCED TO ROAD GANG WORK
CONTRIBUTED TO DELIN QUENC Y OF BOY
Received Friday, Noon. LOS ANGELES, JAN. 16. Superior Judge Scott sentenced the tennis champion, William Tilden, to nine months labour with a road gang for contributixig to the delinquency of a fourtcen-year-old boy. Judge Scott reminded Tilden that he had been an idol to thousands, who did not expect such a thing from a man so prominent. Tilden was placed on probation for five years under the care of a competent psychiatrist after finishing his road gang work.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 January 1947, Page 5
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