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Article: Calling All Franchise Players.(World Team Tennis Pro League is on the lookout for potential club owners )

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The World Team Tennis Pro League is on the lookout for potential club owners

World Team Tennis, the league started by 20-time Wimbledon champ Billie Jean King and her husband back in 1974, is looking to broaden its horizons while at the same time extending its community-oriented appeal.

Officials at the Chicago, Illinois-based professional sports league, the first pro league to have men and women represented equally on a team, are looking to expand the league from its existing seven teams to at least 10 by the 2000 season.

What does this mean? It means that African Americans--and indeed anyone with a love for tennis, a strong involvement in the ...

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