George King brings U. S. Davis Cup players to Fox Meadow

George King (1894-1930), a long-time resident of Scarsdale, was instrumental in arranging this event and although he now live in New York City he had maintained strong ties with the club.

King was ranked tenth in the nation in 1927 and was given an honorary membership in FMTC in 1928 which he graciously accepted :

” Your club was the first tennis club I ever belonged to; it was the first club at which I ever played a tournament and the first club I ever won a prize at”

T. H. Owens elected FMTC President (1913). Club reorganizes and new constitution written.

In 1913 the Club reorganized completely, with 142 “charter members.” Membership was limited to twenty persons per tennis court, and any individual over sixteen years old was eligible.

After the 1913 reorganization, women were no longer elected to the Board of Governors, and they did not have a direct voice in managing the Club again until the 1970s.

The new Club constitution stated that “the objects for which this club is formed are to provide and maintain proper grounds and facilities for playing the game of tennis, the development of social life among its members, their physical improvement and enjoyment, the accommodation and entertainment of the members and guests of the Club, and the promotion of the welfare of the neighborhood.”

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

Club now obliged to vacate leased land immediately upon sale. Theodore C. Jessup elected FMTC President (1921); courts remain on leased land but pressure grows

Theodore C Jessup (1892-1955) was a graduate of Hamilton and served as an Army Captain in WWI.

After the war he had a short business career in New York City and then became head of the Ridgefield Boys School in Ridgefield, CT in 1922. Poor health forced him into early retirement.

SI April 23 1921
Scarsdale Inquirer April 23, 1921