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Show Badminton Stars Plan Pro League LOS ANGELES. June t Ufi-Kt-forta to organise professional badminton bad-minton players and stage national pre championships were announced today. The organisation, planned by four of the country's leading exponents of the game, will be known aa the United States Professional Badminton Badmin-ton association. First of a series of slimination matches waa set fori June J. - MllislsT t- gfuulsuilasi eaataTaaB araVaaavaff aeaeaeswelSre SvOV fjere"s veajineMWvlf srsafjaT at-w Phillips of Lee Angeles. Proe meeting meet-ing with him were Jeea Wlllaxd. once claimant of the United StAtae title; Guy Reed of Pasadena, who recently defeated Wiilard: Noel Radford of New York and Billy Markham of Bridgeport, Conn. "At present several players claim the United Statee championship,'' Phillips said, "while Guy Purcell of Canada generally la recognised as the world champion. We hope to organise the pros on the order ef tennis and golf." |