I'll have you know that only ONE other athlete ever acted in a similiar manner and reaped a huge reputation from it.
Tennis player Bill Tilden,a multi-time Wimbledon and Slam champion, turned pro, and on one tour when the take was poor that the Tour Owner lost money, Tilden handed back his fee, saying that it was up to him to draw the ceowd, and since he didn't do that, he shouldn't take the money.
A little touch of nostalgia. Nobody else has ever done anything like this since. He came from a good background and he was a thoroughly good sport, and, for him winning wasn't everything. It was common for him to deliberately lose the first set, and be down in the second and then excite the fans by slowly pulling back and eventually winning "by a neck", as the horsey crowd say.
Tennis player Bill Tilden,a multi-time Wimbledon and Slam champion, turned pro, and on one tour when the take was poor that the Tour Owner lost money, Tilden handed back his fee, saying that it was up to him to draw the ceowd, and since he didn't do that, he shouldn't take the money.
A little touch of nostalgia. Nobody else has ever done anything like this since. He came from a good background and he was a thoroughly good sport, and, for him winning wasn't everything. It was common for him to deliberately lose the first set, and be down in the second and then excite the fans by slowly pulling back and eventually winning "by a neck", as the horsey crowd say.
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