The game comes to “Ole Miss”

Platform tennis had come to the Deep South in resounding fashion.

Two courts were being built as part of a recreational complex and the game was to be incorporated into the intramural program for both men and women with the courts available from 7:00 am to midnight.

Platform Tennis Museum and Hall of Fame Foundation (PTMHOFF) application for 501 (c) (3) status finally approved; fundraising can begin

The APTA had financed and supported the creation of the PTMHOFF1 as an independent 501 (C) (3) entity. With the IRS finally granting exempt status effective February 19, 2004 the Foundation could now embark on a fundraising effort to “realize the dream”

Because the Foundation was a newly created corporation the approval was an “advance ruling” and was only effective through December 31, 20082.

NOTE 1: APTA President John Horine was the driving force to accomplish this and had worked closely with Andrew Giannella of ulmer berne llp of Cincinnati, OH to incorporate the Foundation and file the application for non-profit status. [See Also]
NOTE 2: This was subsequently extended

The game starts to catch on

The Scarsdale Inquirer of December 11, 1931 carried the story with the headline:

“Paddle Tennis for Grown-Ups Grows More and More Popular With This Community. Fame of Game Developed on Wooden Platforms by Two Local Residents Spreads to Other Parts of the Country”