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Earle Gatchell Takes One Off the Backstop
Earle Gatchell Takes One Off the Backstop
Women's National Championship, 1940 at FMTC
Women's National Championship, 1940 at FMTC
Finalists in 1958 Men's Senior (45+) Nationals with Earle Gatchell and Walter Close, who officiated.
Finalists in 1958 Men's Senior (45+) Nationals with Earle Gatc...
Betty Lane on the courts in  1959
Betty Lane on the courts in 1959
George Harrison on the Fox Meadow Tennis Club courts
George Harrison on the Fox Meadow Tennis Club courts
The ball changes color for improved visibility. John Ware at Fox Meadow pioneered a new ball color by spraying the white ball with a orange-red fluorescent paint
The ball changes color for improved visibility. John Ware at F...
1964 Mixed Champions - Barbara Koegel and Zan Carver
1964 Mixed Champions - Barbara Koegel and Zan Carver
Rebuilding Paddle Courts at FMTC in 1967
Rebuilding Paddle Courts at FMTC in 1967
John Mangan and Bob Kingsbury,
John Mangan and Bob Kingsbury,
Greg Moore in action in the final of the Men’s Nationals at Fox Meadow Tennis Club. Moore and Hank Irvine were National Champions in 1986 and 1987.
Greg Moore in action in the final of the Men’s Nationals at ...
Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati
Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati
As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several tournaments were held indoors in Connecticut in the early 1980s, including the Nationals in 1983
As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several ...
Mack McKitterick on the Cogswell court
Mack McKitterick on the Cogswell court
Ken Ward (standing) and Fess Blanchard watch the action at Manursing Island Club.
Ken Ward (standing) and Fess Blanchard watch the action at Man...
1998 APTA Hall of Fame Inductees Hilary Hilton, Marold, Jack Watson and Yvonne Hackenberg. Not pictures is Chet Kermode
1998 APTA Hall of Fame Inductees Hilary Hilton, Marold, Jack W...
James P. Gordon, right, and his mentor, Charles H. Townes, with a mazer in the mid 1950s. Gordon was the son of Fox Meadow President Robert S Gordon (1942)
James P. Gordon, right, and his mentor, Charles H. Townes, wit...
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