In 1970, with no previous umpiring experience, I climbed into a chair to oversee a club championship match at Fox Meadow Tennis Club. After the first set, I was nearly frozen and climbed down.
In 1971, I secured the services of Jack Stahr, a renowned tennis umpire, to do the APTA Men's Finals at FMTC. He later suggested that I get involved in tennis umpiring, obviously not based on my platform tennis performance.
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I still remember umpiring a match for Mary Carillo, age 16, at Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Gradually, I worked myself up to become part of the Men's International Professional Umpires Group and did chairs for John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, and many others at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Tokyo, and more……….
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Source:Platform Tennis Magazine, [...]
Steve Faber, a mathematics teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois, and the GBS Paddle Club sponsor (along with Anne Blair and Rosie McManamon), filed this report:
Last year, the APTA generously donated four paddles to our program at Glenbrook South. What has happened over the past 14 months since is extraordinary. Our two founding members, Michael O'Connor and Kaden Ignelzi, will be graduating this year, but I'm excited about the future of junior paddle in Glenview. We have had an overwhelmingly positive response from our high schoolers and from the entire community of Glenview…..
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Source: Platform Tennis Magazine, Vol. 16 Issue 4 March/April 2015
The Childress family racquets dynasty at Fox Meadow Tennis Club included Hall of Fame inductees Madge Childress Beck and Maizie Childress Moore as well as Madge's daughter Susan Beck Wasch.
Madge's son, John Childress Beck, a Nationally ranked player in the 1970s won the Mixed Nationals in 1972 with sister Susan and lost in the finals of the following year to future APTA President Mike North and Sis O'Connell (6-1, 14-12). He also teamed with Herb Fitz Gibbon to win the Men's Nationals in 1974.
John spent his whole career at his father's firm Beck, Mack and Oliver and was instrumental in growing the company into a leader in investment counseling. He chaired Princeton University's Investment Committee and created the Princeton Investment Company during his tenure as a Trustee of Princeton.
In addition to his prowess in paddle and tennis he was an avid rower and was a member of th[...]
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