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Juniors played platform tennis from the start: Horton Heath (left) and a friend practice at the original Cogswell court.

Juniors played platform tennis from the start: Horton Heath (l...

Charlie O'Hearn Takes One Off the Backstop

Charlie O'Hearn Takes One Off the Backstop

Courts at Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, NJ

Courts at Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, NJ

1952 Men's Nationals: Jim Gordon, Danny Dyer (finalists on left), Dick Hebard and Fred Walker (winners) flank APTA officials

1952 Men's Nationals: Jim Gordon, Danny Dyer (finalists on lef...

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Muth & Latour and Hebard & Carver

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Muth & Latour and Hebard & C...

G. Easterbrook Kindred presenting Honor Award to Donald K. Evans at Fox Meadow

G. Easterbrook Kindred presenting Honor Award to Donald K. Eva...

Nancy Dickson (left) and B. J. Debree.

Nancy Dickson (left) and B. J. Debree.

Tribuno World Championships at Forest Hills -Howard Cosell, always a popular and colorful commentator, was the chair for the finals that was broadcast on NBC. Play was temporarily suspended during the windy final when Cosell’s toupee blew onto the court.

Tribuno World Championships at Forest Hills -Howard Cosell, al...

Doug Russell and Clark Graebner in the early round of the Men's Nationals at Westchester Country Club

Doug Russell and Clark Graebner in the early round of the Men'...

1995 Mixed National Champions David Ohlmuller and Patty Hogan

1995 Mixed National Champions David Ohlmuller and Patty Hogan

Molly Blanchard clearing the second Cogswell Court

Molly Blanchard clearing the second Cogswell Court

Intently watching the platform tennis action at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY

Intently watching the platform tennis action at Fox Meadow Ten...

Charlie Johnson, foreground, inspires the snow shovelers with his own energy in the early years before under-court heaters

Charlie Johnson, foreground, inspires the snow shovelers with ...

Women’s tea at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY in the 1950s, including, in front row, Buffy Briggs (holding tea), Elise Clairborne, Pam McCrae, and Evie Carlisle

Women’s tea at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY in the...

Walter Close - chief designer, foreman and construction worker for the retaining wall by the club porch

Walter Close - chief designer, foreman and construction worker...

Don White (left) and Fessenden Blanchard play at the Manursing Island Club in Rye, New York against Frank Shields and Charlie O'Hearn

Don White (left) and Fessenden Blanchard play at the Manursing...