“INTEREST IN TENNIS FADING”
United Piess Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received January 18, 12.30 a.m.) MIAMI, January 17. Donald Budge, in an interview, said that interest in amateur tennis was fading because the amateur standard was becoming lower. He suggested open tournaments patterned on the Davis Cup with Vines, Nusslein, Perry. Tilden, Stoefen and Budge opposing Riggs, Bromwich, von Gramm, McNeill, Grant and Cooke. He believed that the professionals would triumph easily, but it would be a start in the right direction.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 5
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