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A Cold Winter Day in 1930. Earle Gatchell (left) and Fessenden S. Blanchard on the first platform tennis court. Colonel Gatchell was one of the first Old Army Athletes and very active in promoting the game beyond Scarsdale.

A Cold Winter Day in 1930. Earle Gatchell (left) and Fessenden...

Jean Sayre playing on one of the first courts in the Midwest, 1938

Jean Sayre playing on one of the first courts in the Midwest, ...

Men's National Championship 1938, Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY

Men's National Championship 1938, Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scar...

The Founders of Platform Paddle Tennis: Fessenden S. Blanchard and James K. Cogswell

The Founders of Platform Paddle Tennis: Fessenden S. Blanchard...

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...

John P. Ware presenting Honor Award to Mrs. S. Warren (Charlotte) Lee

John P. Ware presenting Honor Award to Mrs. S. Warren (Charlot...

Jesse Sammis won the Men’s Nationals (with Gordon Gray) in 1969, 1970, and 1971.

Jesse Sammis won the Men’s Nationals (with Gordon Gray) in 1...

John Mangan and Bob Kingsbury in National Men's Champions in 1972 at Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY

John Mangan and Bob Kingsbury in National Men's Champions in ...

Wendy Chase teamed with Linda Wolf and took the tour by storm in 1975 and 1976.

Wendy Chase teamed with Linda Wolf and took the tour by storm ...

Sue Aery and Gerri Viant

Sue Aery and Gerri Viant

Tim McAvoy at the 2009 50+ Men's Nationals

Tim McAvoy at the 2009 50+ Men's Nationals

"Wheeling son, Edward, Jr., who will join spectator ranks, is Mrs. Edward S. Cooke of South Orange, as she arrives with Mrs. Ned Williams, Orange, at courts to join waiting husbands"

"Wheeling son, Edward, Jr., who will join spectator ranks, is ...

Dick Hebard, Kitty Fuller, Ted and Madeline Beck

Dick Hebard, Kitty Fuller, Ted and Madeline Beck

Luncheon at the Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY during a tournament. Rawle and "Do" Deland; "Pat" and John Moses.

Luncheon at the Fox Meadow Tennis Club, Scarsdale, NY during a...

Aila Main and Kerri Delmonico

Aila Main and Kerri Delmonico

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...