Dorothy Round Little, wice winner of the Wimbledon women's singles tennis title and a British war' guest in Canada, said during a visit Toronto that she is willing to abandon her amateur status.
Mrs. Little said she was investigating the possibilities of a professional coaching contract. She expressed the hope that Toronto or Montreal would be sufficiently tennis-minded to want 8 woman professional, "ICM be a bit of a wrench. leaving amateur tennis." she said, "but noth= ing matters except, the war. really, and anyhow 1 think after it that professional and amateurs will allowed to compete against each other."
Mrs. Little. who won her first Wim= hiodon title from Helen Jacobs 1934, will visit New York shortly: where she will meet Mary Hardwiek the English tennis player who was in the United States when war broke out, Miss Hardwick turned. profes sional and is touring with Alice Marble, Don Budge and Bill Tilden
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