TENNIS PROBLEM
Professional players
Relationship to amateurs
i Regarded as a relaxation of previous intolerance, tlfe English Lawn Tennis Association lias convened a_ committee consider the relationship between Profession:)! and amateur tennis. Tho Daily Mail comments: ' The association may bo willing to consider a |i open, or even a professional, cliainJHonship. We welcome the change oi neart toward professionals by meinbois the association's inner circle, who have been doing some hard thinking. |»ey have noticed the big monoV taken "ton the public by Vines, Budge and °tliers and the willingness of amateur stars to join them. . . . . 'Wo think an -open championship is "writable. Amateur and professional {lifers are able to compete, and tno re no reason why tennis people should .with. Jbiue-bound traditions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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123TENNIS PROBLEM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 7
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