The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 33

iF Lew Hoad relaxes with his wife, Jenny, in their -v rauciUse hotze; a i LIE was the same unaffected, sleepy-eyed Lew Hoad. Nothing about him had changed since promoter Jack way down to heck, Jake's the goose that lays the golden egg. I don't know how much longer the associations imagine he'll go- on. paying THE HOUSE OF STEEL' MA8954 It. They seem to think the tmnwniif Kirca MYMfiKT FROM TNI LARGEST MANUFAC TURIR FOt IETTB QUAUn lA J'i tt4 nr.

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Maybe he looked, a little older, a little thinner and more -than somewhat tired. But otherwise the same ol' friendly Lew. Stretching his legs across his living-room in Vaucluse this week, he said in his characteristic deep drawl; "I think Vd like to be a businessman with a few places of my own. Maybe I'll have a gymnasium, like Sedg. "And a couple of good in vestments like Sedgs straws factory.

I haven't anything special in mind. I've got time amateurs and. the pros will be playing together next year if the 'open' recommendation goes through. lake's dream is to see i tennis eventually organised on the lines of the 'open golf tournaments' where the pro, if he wins, gets the prizemoney, and the amateur, if he wins, gets a "But they're silly leaving Jake out of the present discussions. He's the real key man.

"Now of as will be laying unless he gives the OK. "An open He yawned. "Yeah, I would not mind having a game there again. "I wonder what frize they'd offer? The same with the Davis Cup; if Wimbledon's open, it may as well be open, too much better for the spectators. 'Sure, I'd play for Australia again, but for my share of the gate.

n't misunderstand me," said Lew. Tennis is my living I don't play for nothing." He gave me the big Hoad grin, as to shop around. It's going to 3 be my easy year "I've worked hard for my money," he said. 'The travelling tires me out, and it's taken me to some pretty crazy places. We're here today, gone tomorrow and COVER THE WORLD PDH 0'- 1000 miles away next day.

disarming as it is infrequent. what to li mil A lot oi the travelling is done in aeroplanes and none of us like air travel that much. We get sick of it. "I've been on some pretty queer airlines, too. Some of those American services they're for the birds.

You buy a ticket at the airport, carry your bags out to the plane and find your own seat. You might as well be in a taxi. Tired of the travel (100,000 miles a year), the strange hotel beds (lost count), the rushed matches on courts from Southampton to Saudi Arabia, Hoad recently announced a five-month "lay-off." Temporarily forgotten was the title of world's top professional tennis player, the game's top money-earner. For him, at 25, the cool white house with its harbour view was an overdue Shangri-la. He lives there with his wife Jenny and daughters Jane (four years) and Sally (almost two).

He toed the carpet with expensive buckled slippers and stretched some more. Opposite, a cabinet full of silver trophies, relics of his amateur reward, stared down from the wall. "I've been playing tennis almost non-stop since I turned professional two and a half years ago," he said. Tin 25 now. Isn't it time I had a rest? "Sure, I feel terrific.

My back was never better. Only I'm sick of tennis. I feel kind of I want to spend some time at home. "Gee, there's plenty to do. Just look at the place." (The Mi "We always seem to be in seven or eight flights a year that break down, and have to turn back to the airport.

rzj vv nvv "But I'd like to keep playing big tennis TTOOOtBGD SSStWBb (FILSSSOIBIUI TTIBQDOT mm "1 suppose I'd be lucky to pick up 20,000 bucks. For 10 weeks' play this year, his earnings are likely to hit 1000 a week. "Sure, it's less money than I've been getting, but that's the way I want it this year. I'm not worried." Lew hadn't earned a penny since the previous Saturday night in Melbourne (Trustees: Perpetual Trustee Company Limited) drawing from endorsements lending his name to an American brand of shirts, a tennis racquet, hair oil, razor blades and the like. place looked perfect.) offers you: Spread of investment Jenny has plenty of lobs when he took an oil com- Plus the money he got A safe investment A satisfactory income Prospects of capital growth Specialized management Easy realization of your investment lined up.

pany prize as the best pro. from his book. "We like it here. We were tournament winner of the Plus takings he shared thinking of moving to the year. with five other professionals North Shore, but not now.

But he wasn't worried, of a hotel they own at sea "Vaucluse is, too nice, too The cheque was worth side Cowes, Victoria. (The handy to the beaches. It's 2,500. hotel's going great. They're a great place for the kids.

It brought his year's in- selling beer like the supply "Come May. I guess 111 come into the was drying have to get going. Jake has class It lifted Plus steady income from four tournaments lined up bis earnings to 100,000 his investments with what's in America. since he rattled his piggy- already in the kitty. for another six or seven years," be said.

At his present rate of earning, Hoad will then write his name to more than a quarter million pounds. "I reckon 111 be fit enough to win. I'm leading Gonzales by 24 matches to 23. "When I start losing I'll know it's time to retire. "No, I don't think pro.

tennis will decline before then. Maybe it will" (with the shrug of a man to whom it doesn't matter much, anyway), "but I don't think so. pros, are in big demand overseas. We had a good year in Britain. We're all making money.

Those reports that Jake went away sour because he lost money in Australia? Aw, I don't know about that. "Jake paid us 450,000 dollars last year. He could not do it if he wasn't making the money at the gate. The thing that's hurting him. in this country is the high rents he has to pay." Lew leaned forward in his lean-back chair.

For a moment I' thought he was going to get angry. "Do you know he paid 1,000 a night for two nights in Perth?" he said. "He paid a total of 5,000 in Melbourne for five times on the courts. "While tht amateur gate's Lew cupped his hands "After that III be back bank in Glebe back in in Australia for a month, 1957 and decided playing then off to London, Paris for pay was worth it. and Vienna and a month on Added to which was the tour.

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