Show TILDEN TO QUIT AT END OF YEAR big bill says he Is playing his last season the year 1929 gees the end of my international tennis writes william T allden II 11 nine times ranking tennis etar of the united states and mainstay of american dails cup teams since 1920 in liberty announcing fats retirement from international ter national competition big bill states he will remain an amateur and continue to play tennis as long as my two wobbling legs will function and my aged and enfeebled arm will swing as long as my age dimmed eyes can see a ball dails cop competition will know no longer the smashing cannon ball service and amazing all around tennis of the greatest player of modern times in the future allden says he will play as an individual not as a member of any american team 1 I have bad a grand time but I 1 must hereafter write and speak of my triumphs and failures in world tennis in the past tense for I 1 am through the writes not through with the game but through with international competition my future status will continue to be amateur I 1 hae no thought or intention of turning professional allden who has been ranked no I 1 in american tennis since 1920 has had frequent squabbles with the united states lawn tennis association an spent the winter of 1928 20 in involuntary retirement ie mikes humorous but rather dignified reference to his differences with the U S L T A in announcing his withdrawal from international competition 1 I hope to be able to play for years in exhibitions at schools and colleges or ia public parks where I 1 feel I 1 am aiding in the development of our fu ture champions not only have I 1 no chance but I 1 have no burning desire to sit in ithe seats of the mighty in the councils of the n S L T A my views are at variance with the traditions of the association but not with its ethics I 1 tear I 1 would want to see too much progressiveness and liberalism in its administration I 1 am for the players first last and all the time |