TENNIS PLAYER-WRITERS.
DEFINITION OF AMATEUR.
A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, May 15. The West Side Tennis Club, which is the most influential of the clubs affiliated with the United States Tennis Association, supported by 181 votes to 155, the association's interpretation of the amateur rule respecting player-writers. This interpretation is that a player writing for a fee becomes a professional. The action followed a very stormy meeting, during which it was heatedly charged that personal spite prompted the framing of the definition.
Nevertheless it is expected that the action will influence clubs throughout the country, especially since the West Side Club, which last year constructed a new stadium for Davis Cup matches, risks a loss through a punitive depreciation of gate receipts if , Tilden should be barred from play. Tilden's adherents, however, point out that the close vote presages a bitter country-wide debate on the ruling.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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