Cogswell builds second court

Caption: Aerial view of the second court near Old Army Road in Scarsdale, New York (Oct. 1932). Ardsley Road is shown at bottom. The Cogswell house is at center. The Blanchard house is out of sight at upper left. As shown, only three sides of the original court were screened.
Caption: Aerial view of the second court near Old Army Road in Scarsdale, New York (Oct. 1932). Ardsley Road is shown at bottom. The Cogswell house is at center. The Blanchard house is out of sight at upper left. As shown, only three sides of the original court were screened.
Ripping up the first court. Ripping up the first court. Laying foundations for the second Cogswell court (Oct 1932) on same location as first court. Alger Sawyer, Lindsay Welling and Earle Gatchell Laying foundations for the second Cogswell court (Oct 1932) on same location as first court. Alger Sawyer, Lindsay Welling and Earle Gatchell Building the second court. Building the second court. The second court nears completion The second court nears completion.

With the help of a rock wall and some fill, the original platform morphed to the current size of 60’ x 30’.

Even with the larger platform and uneven bounces from the wire, the players continued the practice of playing the balls from the wiring. By this time, the wiring height had reached 12’ and used a smaller one-inch mesh.

The Cogswell’s held a party right before the demolition of the first court that included dancing on the “doomed” old platform.

Source: Adapted from Fessenden S. Blanchard, Platform Paddle Tennis, 1959