Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-26
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! Recent action of the United States
Lawn Tennis association favoring
Working alliance with tennis profess
sionals does not mean that Charley
Pyle and his distinguished troupers
have won the war, but it is a signifi-
cant step in the direction of an
7 armiStice.
There never was any war between
| the heads of amateur tennis and the
/ director of the first professional ex-
/ pedition. The tennis association ig-
! nored Pyle, with a nasty word now
and then, and Pyle was too busy to
! give any time, to. the association.
The recent change in the policy OF
the association to fight TO death any
attempt to encourage amateur players
to become professionals does not apply
directly to Pyle, Suzanne Lenglen,
Winnie Richards, Mary Browne and
!, Howard Kinsey because the associa-
ton is still opposed to professional
J, activities for profit alone.
\ d
, hand to the pros, the association
sought to encourage George Agutter,
the professional instructor at Forest
. at the bigger clubs.
+ NEED YOUNG PLAYERS
TheA association realizes that the
: good will of these professionals is
szI 6 S,
in the development of young players.
\ And more young payers is the only
hope the United States may entertain
, Ito get back the Davis cup.
! Pyle is too busy now promoting a
: trans continental, foot race to listen
I to any political tennis talk. He said
4 when he was promoting his profess
4 sional tennis tour, that open tennis
tournaments were certain to come
: and that the officials of the amateur
game would have to granU him con-
|. cessions and that it was only mat
4 ter of time until tennis would follow
. the lead of golf in recognizing open
competition
This time seems to be coming and
it might be asked-whO cares?
LUCK OF RUPERT
The luck of Colonel jake Rupert
with the New York Yankees is be-
coming one of the legends of base
ball Everything he touches in base
ball seems to turn to money and he
doesn't need it, Perhaps that's why.
But back of the surface indications
of luck are lots of shrewd business
!, Judgment, baseball brains in the per-
sons of Miller Huggins and Ed Bar
row and a disposition to put out
large money and risk the percentage.
: The Yankee owners got the laugh
when they bought the club, when
7 thev bought Babe Ruth and when
! they built the huge Yankee stadium.
Z Those three moves made million
dollars. The stadium has been paid
for and new addition has become
5 necessary.
The share of the receipts of one of
the summers heavyweight fights which
{ is to be held there will pay for the
additional seats and the increased
football and baseball receipts will be
profit.
NOT ALL LUCK, THOUGH
1t is true they stumbled on Lou
Gehrig, but when he clicked they had
to give him a three-year contract at
$40 600, $25,0OO and $4,000 year,
but he'll bring lot of that through
the gate.
They say the pay roll Of the Yanks
I this year will be $3000nn, but that
will not be money in the fire.
Spring training games this year Will
!, bring a lot of money and the man
agement has seen to it that the Yanks
will get most of that money. Figuring
that Ruth and Gehrig and Wilcey
, Moore will fill almost any small park
the Yankees will not play road exh1-
: bition games with another major
, league club. They will play minor
league clubs and get most OF the
dough.
A philosopher recently discovered
another break for the Yanks in the
transfer of Rogers Hornsby to the
Boston club The Braves train in the
same town with the Yankees and play
a number of games with them. Ruth,
Gehrig and Hornsby ought to entertain
the natives plenty.
Then also young Reese, one of the
SI25OOO kids the Yanks bought from
Oakland, has turned out to be
Jewish boy by the name of Gold
smith and if he makes good in New
York the Yankees can call him Cold
mine.
against Risko and I'll take that bout
or nothing"
Here's McNIahon's version.
"Sharkey signed only for Risko NO
conditions or strings are attached to
| it about future title bout with Tun-
ney or match with anyone else. The
SharkeyT TRisko bout has the same
status in the elimination series as the
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