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Show Pros Figure They'll Need -Budge as Badly as Davis Cup Squad Will Next Year Br DAVID J. WALSH International News Sports Editor NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (INS) Don Budge, positively the finest "buy" in the field of lawn tennis, not only will bo offered a minimum of $100,000 to turn professional before the close of the national tingles championship next month, but there is better than a fair chance that he will accept This statement, coming on the eve of the triumphal return of the American team with the Davis cup, was vouchsafed todav bv the most surorisinc of all possible sources. It cam from within the United States Lawn Tennla association Itself, from a party who, ordinarily, wouldn't tell you .... the right way to the county JalL f The same party further admltud that, if Budge -does decide to exchange ex-change th "tab" i. f prlvtltg In th v , . club grill for the " .V certified check, we W :. might aa well! wrap up the Davis I cup and sand It "J away for another , f. t ten year. It'll ,f l tak us that longM. .-, ',., to reovr, h l ' " - says. Do Badge "Oh, yss," hs went on, wry casually, casual-ly, "we can't beat the Oermana without Budge. W almost dldnt beat them with Budge. I don't think w can even beat th Australians Aus-tralians at full strength without Budge. If he Jump, there will bo no on elee. We'll certainly ko th Davis cup next year and it will stay for a long time." In reply to a direct queetioo, ho added that Gen Mako, Wimbledon and Davis cup double champion with Budge, probably would follow th latter If he turned professional. "Make would have no slgniAcane In amateur tennis without his doubles dou-bles partner," our man pointed out, reasonably enough. He dldnt feel called upon to add that Mako also would have no money. Ho could pick up at least a fair competence on tour next winter. As for Budge, his record Is peoba- IQonttweee ee Followm lBa Pros Need Budge Badly Next Year (Continued from Preceding Page) bly the finest and most salable of any since those olden, (olden dsys 1 when Tilden and I were young, j Margaret. Briefly, Budge won three Wimbledon titles. Including the. I greatest of all. the singles. He won 1 every match through every round 1 of the Davla cup series, finally beat- I Ing the blond baron ef Germany, von Cramm, and England's Bunny I Austin. He has reached his climax j and. beyond the national singles, ha can do no mora. And the sum ef llSO.ae la him. thing ta contemplate with aw a the age of X. Com t think ml it, S100.0O wouldn't be aa 4. eurabrano at 4, at, tt, n r lot. "Heavy pressure will be brought against Budg during and after the championships, especially If ha wins," the official said in parting. "Probably Tilden, Fred Prry and Ellia Vines will work en him. You see, they know they need hia. . What h eneauea la that the Vbtea-Perry tow waa a goad aa teat year, but aa art ef that kind la Ilk a rasor beavde. It caa eelr " be used aocev. Aft that, yaa couldat gtre It away to strangers. |