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Show COAST TENNIS MEN BALK AT DEFINITION SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IS. The Pacific States Lawn Tennis association issued a circular letter today to tennis players criticizing- the United States National Lawn Tennis association's definition of an amateur. ama-teur. "An amateur tennis player is one who does not receive any direct financial benefit bene-fit from his association with the game" is the way the Pacific States association would amend the proposed national defi-: defi-: nition. The letter adds: I "To attempt, by legislation, to bar play-I play-I ers in the tennis goods business from participation par-ticipation in tournaments, because in that business also they benefit from their reputation, repu-tation, would be discriminatory and tantamount tanta-mount to interfering with a player's right to choose his vocation in life." |