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I agree.CITY OF HOPE Public Relations Dept. 626-4611 (Hank Brown) (Suggested Column Material) J. DONALD BUDGE Baseball's loss turned out to be the world's...and especially the tennis world's....gain, and because a gangly, fourteen-year-old boy was persuaded to try his hand at the game, Don Budge became a tennis immortal. On June 28, Budge will join a host of other all-time great athletes as they mount the podium for honors at the Third Annual Sportsmen?╟╓s World Awards Presentations at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas. The banquet and awards ceremonies are presented by the Sportsmen's Club for the City of Hope, with proceeds going to help the renowned free, nonsectarian medical center in its battle against catastrophic disease. Budge, long ranked at close to the top of any list of American tennis stars, is held by some to be the greatest* ahead of the legendary Bill Tilden. In any case, his credentials to the list of greats are at least as impressive. His remarkable tennis career started in 1929, when the skinny, red-headed kid of 14 was lured off the baseball diamond by his older brother, Lloyd. In his first tournament that summer, Budge gained a first-round victory over the top seed, and went on to take the title in the 15-years-and-under public park tourney. -more