Gets Too Much Fun Out of Amateur Tennis London, Sept. 12.
Donald Budge, Wimbledon champion, was offered an £8,000 guarantee to tour the world this winter as a professional with Perry and Vines. It was pointed out to him in New York that, with a percentage of the gate receipts, he would earn £15,000.
"I have no intention of turning professional—at least not this year," Budge said, when questioned concerning the offer. "I get too much fun out of playing lawn tennis as an amateur"
Budge revealed that in any case he would not be available to make a world tour as a professional this winter as he had arranged to leave for Australia on October 14.
There he will compete in the Australian championships and will not return to the United States until next February.—Reuter.
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