National Championships

Gordon Gray and Jesse Sammis fell short again and were defeated by Bradley Drowne and William Scarlett.

Charlotte Lee and Peggy Stanton¹ repeated in the Women’s, as did Gordon Gray and Anne Symmers in the Mixed, and George Lowman and Bill Pardoe in the Men’s 50+.

Cogswell’s daughter, Do Deland, was a finalist in the Women’s and his grandson, Rawle Deland, Jr., was the Junior Boy’s finalist

Source: Oliver H. Durrell The Official Guide to Platform Tennis, 1967; and APTA Platform Paddle Tennis 1963-1973: Rules and Records, 1973

Note 1: Margaret G. (“Peggy”) Stanton was a major contributor to the advancement of women’s platform tennis and a distinguished player. Besides winning the Women’s Nationals with Lee from 1967 through 1970, she went on to win two Senior Women’s Nationals in 1974 and 1977. She was the first female on the Board of Directors of the APTA