Land leased and purchased from Hazel B. McClintock in 1943

Fox Meadow final able to acquire the land leased from the Crane’s in 1938 in order to build additional courts

In 1943, Hazel Barton McClintock bought a twenty-five acre parcel from the Crane heirs, and she agreed to sell the Club nearly all the land on which it already had paddle courts, approximately three-fourths of an acre, for $4,200.

One paddle court still lapped over onto McClintock’s property, but she permitted the Club to leave it in place.

A few years later the McClintocks joined the Club.

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

Oscar F. Moore, FMTC President (1943-1945)

Oscar F. Moore elected FMTC President (1943-1945)

Moore also served as President of the APTA from 1946-1948, which proved to be important growth years. He was credited with developing the mixed Scrambles or Jamboree, a format that gave the game much of its social overtones and proved to be very popular. Few people gave so much of their time and energy, or were so dedicated to platform tennis.

National Championships

1943

The Women’s and Mixed National Championships were not played because of wartime travel difficulties.

Fox Meadow teams dominated the Men’s, which was the only tournament held. Charley O’Hearn won his third title over future Hall of Fame inductee John Moses.

Historical Factoid: At the time Moses, who had grown up at Fox Meadow, was 19 and in military service between stints at Yale; he became the youngest finalist in the history of the game.

Source: Fessenden S. Blanchard, Paddle Tennis, 1944