Gate Receipts Very Large On Tennis Tours New York, Mar. 13. Donald Budge didn't make any miye take when he forsook glory and a Lister" in the programme to line his pockets with gold as a professional tennis player Neither did Promoter Jack Harris, ho lured Budge from the amateur with a guarantee of $75,000 for his first year as a salaried player.
The Budge-Ellsworth Vines tour te receipts are above those of pre-us big-time tours—Bill Tilden-Vines in 1934 and Fred Perry-Vines Although Budge has won the world from Vines' brow, have w ched their ties. Rec ipt aver-me high was in 1937 when ately $415,000 average of may be a very n contract with Harris called for $75,000 tallments for one year y with an option of a percentage of the total gates if it exfigure. A tour with ie championship at stake, would outdraw the Vines tour—United Press.
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