Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-30 | Page 10 | Net Sport Needs Housecleaning, England's Ace Amateur Reports

Net Sport Needs Housecleaning England's Ace Amateur Reports 1 t Perry Y F Flaunts Flag of Professionalism in Book f Ad Advocates Open Tennis Tournaments r I By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Pre Sports Writer 1 WIMBLEDON Eng June 30 Less 30 than a year ago Fred Pred Perry in an an interview with New York tennis writers emphatically denied professionalism pro pro- offered any temptations for him Perhaps the worlds world's No 1 player and mainstay of Great Britain's D Davis cup team still sUll feels the same way but you'd never guess It from his book My Story tory which was published recently Perry makes such a strong case CaBe for for- professionalism that readers arc are justified justi fied lied in reading between the lines and drawing their conclusions as to his future future particularly particularly 1 if he happens happe to win vIn at Wimbledon and in the cup ni matches thus clearly establishing himself as the worlds world's ranking per former Listen to o these paragraphs Receive n No N Money Mony y They tennis amateurs gain from it every material advantage except an money n y The last two wo words are are italicized I The exception Is b Important Important- t- t though money in abundance is paid by the public to see ee them perform perform- ing They know that if it their form falls faUs below standard they will be dropped They r realize even ven more that at five five- and thirty they will willi be f finished any how now and then what will h to them 7 Is la it any wonder that when the chance comes to join the Tilden troupe some of them take it Can they be blamed for lor turning th their fr tennis activities into cash now while youth remains remains' Continuing g Perry com comes to the support of open tournaments tournaments' in which the worlds world's bet best be they amateur amateur ama or professionals would compete The big championship meetings o of the world are arc no longer fully representative of the worlds world's best tennis The reSult will inevitably be a loss in public The cham cham- will wilt no long longer r. r rev reveal al a ach ch champion M Merely rely an amateur cham chain pion plan Needs Need Housecleaning England's No 1 is 13 of ot the opinion that tennis needs need a good houseclean ing that Lt It ita difficult now to tell I where amateurism leaves off oft and pro begins Either let tennis revert to its old pl pleasant as rit position as a spare time tim oc he says with less leu eff effi efi but bit no less leEs fun or let th the I naU nations nation's n racquets whether plied b by j 1 amateur m pr or r professional follow th the sun un ln in increasingly re from continent t to continent There is 18 no no effective mid raid c t. t r y i. i 1 it tJ i 1 dIe le course Under the first procedure dure amateurism can maintain its hold on lawn tennis under the sec liec ond nd professionalism will inevitably be e encouraged ed whatever the tennis legislators of the world think about it t