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Mary Blanchard, in stylish cloche, teams with left-handed Earle Gatchell on the original Cogswell court

Mary Blanchard, in stylish cloche, teams with left-handed Earl...

Fox Meadows original sign-up system. Four paddles in a row and your foursome's ready to go.

Fox Meadows original sign-up system. Four paddles in a row an...

Aerial view of Fox Meadow Tennis Club in 1937. At the left stands the wind-mill in Crane Meadow, just below Church Lane. The first paddle court can be seen at the curve of the driveway.

Aerial view of Fox Meadow Tennis Club in 1937. At the left sta...

Earle Gatchell Takes One Off the Backstop

Earle Gatchell Takes One Off the Backstop

Gated Court Erected for Ralph Ogden at Mountainville, NY

Gated Court Erected for Ralph Ogden at Mountainville, NY

W. Putnam Livingston, FMTC President, 1949-1950

W. Putnam Livingston, FMTC President, 1949-1950

1959 Women's Nationals - Ruth Walker (left) and Barbara Koegel battle in the final. Ruth Walker was Blanchard's daughter who was married to Fred Walker (HOF 1966)

1959 Women's Nationals - Ruth Walker (left) and Barbara Koegel...

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

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

New kitchen under construction

New kitchen under construction

1980 National Championships, Montclair NJ, sponsored by Passport Scotch

1980 National Championships, Montclair NJ, sponsored by Passp...

Killy Kilmarx (center), the winner of the first Men's Championship with Clifford Couch in 1935, presents the Championship bowl to the fifty-second championship pair of Hank Irvine (left) and Greg Moore. Dick Warren (right), FMTC president, and Paul Molloy, tournament chairman.

Killy Kilmarx (center), the winner of the first Men's Champion...

Sue Aery and Gerri Viant

Sue Aery and Gerri Viant

The 1994 Women’s Nationals (from left): Connie Jones and Cindy Prendergast (finalists), Nancy Mangan, Bob Brown, Brian Zevnik, Jo Rogers, Gerri Viant and Sue Aery (winners), John Miller, Roger Lankenau, and Sally Rogers

The 1994 Women’s Nationals (from left): Connie Jones and Cin...

Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati

Susie Keene at the 2009 Nationals in Cincinnati

Francis O. Ayres, President 1916-1919

Francis O. Ayres, President 1916-1919