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Last year it was Henri Cochet and Ellsworth Vines. Last week William Tatem Tilden II and his promoter William O'Brien had a new attraction for their annual tennis tour: the ''best doubles team in the world," George Lott & Lester Stoefen...
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...like professional tennis exhibitions, grossed $243,000 from 352,412 customers. But no theatrical producer puts on the same thing year after year. Casting about for a new act to liven up his show, Promoter O'Brien selected the great doubles team of George Lott and Lester Stoefen. Three weeks ago Tennist Lott capitulated to Mr. O'Brien's cash proposal. Last week Tennist Stoefen, who with Lott scored the only U. S. point against Britain in the Davis Cup challenge round at Wimbledon last August, decided to turn his pastime into a profession...
...player can cash in handsomely on his talents. Net of last year's operations was $144,000. Vines got a flat 50% of that. This year he is going to get only 12½% of the gross, expected to run around $200,000. The new attractions, Lott and Stoefen, will be paid on the same basis...
...York, Nov. 13--United States Davis Cup hopes for 1935, already on the wane, reached new depths of gloom tonight with the signing of Lester Stoefen for professional tennis...