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bars and restaurants where a leading figure in
sports was expected to go. Instead he chose to hang
out at ““gay bars” where he was idolized.

Since being idolized was hardly a novelty to him,
it had to follow that he frequented these places be-
cause he enjoyed the security of fraternizing with
people of his own kind.

A brash reporter dared to ask him a question
about his questionable social life. The newsman fully
expected a haymaker. Instead the boxer said quietly,
“I feel more comfortable with the people I meet there.
They are kind and gentle. Not rough and tough like
the people I have to meet in the boxing racket every
day.

The matter rested there. No more hints of the
boxer’s homosexuality have appeared in the press,
but it’s safe to say that his habits are being clearly
watched. Scandals involving homosexuality in the
sporting world are rare, but, when they happen,
devastating headlines result.

The shocking disgrace of tennis ace, Bill Tilden,
still rings fresh in the ears of promoters in the sport-
ing world although it happened many years ago—
and long after Tilden had retired from professional
tennis. :

The lanky star of the courts was arrested in broad