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Show Gotham Net Fans Watch Tennis Rout By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK. Jan. 4 Assum- , tng that he was In earnest about Quitting tennis snd devoting him-' Self to golf In cass he found Don Budge too tough for him, Ellsworth Vines has the permission of 14,-T25 14,-T25 witnesses to wire horns and hsvs somebody start oiling up his golf sticks. For Budgs gsvs ths veteran an Unmerciful lacing In their first professional pro-fessional match last night In Madison Mad-ison Square Garden, winding It up In M minutes by scores ot 4-4, 4-4, 4-3. and In ths opinion of most of those who watched the slaughtsr Budgs Is more than likely to turn their countrywide tour Into a rout Vines Is Favorite Vines entered the opening engagement engage-ment an active 3-5 favorite in ths lobby betting. He was confidently expected to give the redhead a lesson les-son and mow him down with the famous Vines forehand. He came cut of It profoundly shocked by the t evident superiority of his opponent. "He wss simply much too good for ms tonight," hs said. "I guess I didn't know quits how good Don had gotten. However, I'll do better with a little practice." Budge, perfectly at home under the lights, had Utile mors difficulty hsndling Vines than hs experienced the past ysar In salting down the world's amateurs. Egged on by severs! sev-ers! bull-throated admirers In ths m-'uanln who exhorted him to i "come on. Red," hs pitchsd his .gams so high that Vines never hsd a bancs to get started. Backhand Flounders Last night, under Budge's withering with-ering fin, Vines' backhand want completely to pieces, his forehand worked only in streaks, and after the first few games his vaunted service didn't bother Budge at all. Someone suggested In the dressing room that Vines simply had been ff his game. ' "Sure, he was off," ssld Bruce Barnes, a member of the troupe. "But It was Budge who put him ff. Boy, I hadn't believed Don was that kind of a tennis player, but I surs believe It now.'' Last night's crowd didn't come Hear getting Its $47,120 worth, and didn't hesitate to say ao when Alice Marble tried to put In a word over the microphone about the bully tennis that had been played. ' Missing All Shots Vinss wasn't missing his shots by Inches, but by yards. Budge played iust about the same game he has sen playing all along. His backhand back-hand was deadly, as usual, and his forehand steady. After watching him work on Vines it is small wonder that amateurs couldn't cope with him. He's worth every cent of ths 475.000. In ths doubles, Vines and Barnes, M partners, easily trimmed Budge and Dick Skeen, 4-1, 4-4. Skeen best Barnes, 4-2, 4-4, In the preliminary ingles. |