Tilden

Dear Mr. Myrick:

I learn with astonishment that the player-writer in general and I in particular, am regarded by the committee as not only no longer an amateur, but as an "evil influence" in the game. I tender to you my resignation as a member of both [Olympic, Davis Cup] squads. . . I certainly do not consider myself an 'evil influence' in the game, but your report clearly states. . . I am,

Very sincerely, (Signed) WILLIAM T. TILDEN, II.

Dear Mr. Tilden:

I was very much surprised . . . You are eligible to represent this country. . . It might be well if you could come over and join us for dinner.

(Signed) JULIAN S. MYRICK.

"Bad Bill" Tilden, being unable to come over from Philadelphia to the University Club, Manhattan, for dinner, missed a good party. There were present Dwight F. Davis, Assistant Secretary of War, donor of the Davis Cup; all but one of the former presidents of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, including George I. Adee, Henry W.

Slocum, George W. Wightman (now President) ; also Mr. Myrick and his Davis Cup committeemen.

They dined. They talked late into the night, far into the early morning.

They concluded to stand by a resolution of their Amateur Rules Committee which provided that all tennis players, after Jan. 1, 1925, who received substantial sums for writing articles about tennis, should be classed as professionals. It was this resolution which gave offense to Champion Tilden. Next day his resignation from Olympic and Davis teams was accepted. Young honeymooning Vincent Richards immediately followed the champion's lead. He, too, writes for pay.