Paddle ignites Fox Meadow spirit

Madeline (Madge) Childress Beck recalls that the Childresses had left Fox Meadow at one point for another club where the caliber of tennis play was higher, but “then came paddle, and our family rejoined. Paddle made the winters. It was absolutely wonderful. We spent happy, competitive winters and I looked forward to paddle in the winter more than to tennis.”

Former Club President Oscar (Oz) Moore, adds, “Fess Blanchard was the Dean, the Headmaster, the President Emeritus, and the Spirit of Fox Meadow. The debt we all owe to Fess for inventing, improving, and promoting (along with Jimmy Cogswell) our wonderful game of paddle tennis is enormous.”

“What we had as a club was fun together with the family,” recalls another club member Marian Frohlicher. “Everyone was strapped for money and wanted some exercise and fun, so we made it a simple place where we got together and did things ourselves.”

Source: Diana Reische, Fox Meadow Tennis Club – The First Hundred Years, 1983

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