UNPOPULAR BALL
PLAYERS' THREAT TO STRIKE
(Reecived July 29, 11 a.m.)
NEW YORK,. July 28.
Candidates for the American Davis Cup team are threatening to strike over the 1939 championship tennis ball. Every ranking player competing in the Seabright tournament, with the exception of Frank Parker, today signed a petition to the United States Lawn Tennis Association asking that the ball be changed for one with a lighter nap, otherwise they declared they would refuse to compete in the eastern championships at Rye.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 9
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83UNPOPULAR BALL Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1939, Page 9
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