The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
VINES HELPLESS BEFORE BUDGE
 IN PRO DEBUT
Nations No. l Netman Blasts Foe Off Court in
 Straight Sets
By HARRY FERGUSON Limited Press Sports EditOr|

New York, Jan. 4-(UP)-Amateur or professional, glory or gold-when the chips are on the line and the ball streaks like white blur across the net, the man for you is J. Don- aid Budge, whose tennis game is as fiery as his red mop of hair.
 He's off today on the long, long trail of a professional tour that has a pot of gold ($75,000) at the end. He's of to great start with 6-3, .e4, 6-2 victory over Ellsworth Vines, victory he earned last night before more than 16,000 incredible persons who clustered around a green canvas court in Madison Square Garden.
 Al lover the nation, for the next few months, these two will be slam ming tennis balls at each other and it may be that never again will Budge be able to blast Vines of the court as he did last night. But the red-head has the reputation of being 8 killer when something is at stake and last night he committed first and second degree murder, man. slaughter and assault and battery against one Of the worlds great ten- his players.
 In the Bag? This was BudgeS professional debut and there was many a wink and whisper that it was in the bag for the red-head-that victory over Vines would send Budge of with a great blare of ballyhoo and swell the gate in every city on the way to the west coast. All the evil dence last night was to the con- trary. Everything indicated that the boys were out there to murder each other.
 But the match didn't prove any thing much except that Vines was of his game-nervous and wobbly through all three sets and lament ably weak with his backhand. Time after time Budge rammed the ball to Vines backhand and time after time Ellsworth netted or shot wide of the chalk lines.
 In the first set Budge broke Vines service in the fourth and eighth games, and in both of them it was his torrid backhand that turned the trick.
 Surprise
 Budge served first and the games followed service until the third wher Vines broke Budge's service after the game had gone to deuce twice Wise tennis heads nodded agree ment that Vines had found the range and that it wouldn't be long now. They didn't reckon with the great competitive spirit that carried Budge to all the worlds major anna teur titles last year.
 He came back and broke Vines service in the fourth game, and that was the pay-of on the set. Budge took charge there and retained com mand for the rest of the evening He ran the set out and won at 6-3
 Then he broke Vines service ir the opening game of the second set and slammed away at a tiring oppo- nent. Budge ran out the set in the 10th.
 The last set found Vines standing hat-footed trying to catch up with cross-court fire that left him help less. The last ball hit in the third set caught him standing in the mid dle of the court, staring helplessly at streak of white just inside the left line.
 Budge has guarantee of $75,00( for the tour with an option of a percentage. The schedule for the next few days: January-4th, Bos- ton; 5th, Philadelphia; 7th, Chi cago; 9th, Pittsburgh; 10th, Cincin. natl; 18th. Detroit; 14th, Mime. apolis; 18th, Kansas City; 17th, St Louis; 18th, Louisville; 18th, Cleve- land.