Show I Lott Loti Joins Pro Pio Ranks But Praises Amateurs Amateurs' By HENRY DENRY McLEMORE 1 6 1 United Press Sports Writer NEW NEWYORK YORK Dec Dee 14 14 Georgo Martin Lott of Chicago tho om only only- m wan man who ever played a sot set of tennis before beCore Queen Mary of England with his shirt tail tall hanging out formally entered the professional proCessIonal ranks Thursday Th i in Bill BiU O'Brien's offices office hard by Times SQuare I In a room room overflowing with sports sportswriters ports writers photographers beer potato chips and rye on sandwiches the five live times winner winner- f the nati national 0 n a 1 doubles doubles' championship champion champIon- ship and Davis cup star for the past 1 six years signed ed a contract to barn barn- storm torm the nation Hf with Bill T 11 den l' l land and Elly y When the thc signing sign L' L i Zit ing jog was done one t the he f U sports wr writers pencils pencils pen pen- v poised e ears ear a r s C cocked OC Ic ked a d crowded round to hear Lotts Lott's first statement statement state state- j ment as a protes- protes Geor Georte e LoU Lott ionaL We all ex ex- the same same thing thing thing-a a withering blast on the United States States' Lawn Tennis Tennis Ten Ten- nis association a philippic on the he evils at But Lott Lottin in eon con on- on rast to some of the other othe amateurs who have forsaken glory gold had nothing but praise for the amateur organization I 1 wish you fellows would do one thing tiling for or me he said and that Is to express S my appreciation of all aU that the officials of the U. U S. S L. L T. T A. A have done for me inc If It hadn't been been- for lor them I wo wouldn't be sitting here signIng sign sign- IJ 1 Ing a contract that is liable to mako twenty or twenty-five twenty tho thousand d dollars dol lars n next year You know I W was U unable to figure out the players who Just justas as soon as the they turn turned pro 1 let l loose os the heat heaton at aton on the ama amateur ur game It If it was so so 50 wicked why did most stick In irs it Jt so long I don't dont mind admitting g gIll Ill I'll miss a 3 lot of the things that go with being an amateur 1 Like riding th the best rains lot for example This time I didn't come Corrie from Chicago on the Century And that free laundry and dry cleaning wa was pretty nice So were those tea hours on the terrace at Wimbledon the th cocktails at Seabright swimming at Spring Lake and nod the golf colf at Pine- Pine hurst burst Anybody that wouldn't like those things things- is crazy Lott Iott ex expects to make snake better than on the tour which beginning in Madison Square re Garden on January Janu January ary ary- 9 9 will carry him to 72 12 cities be fore tore May 10 And he is going goine to save It Th The bookmakers will get n none me for fot his 12 2 1 per cent of the gate will go directly directly di di- from rom OBi n to r. r Lott's Lotts tt father fath r m in Chicago for safe e keeping |