While the Republicans and Democrats were slinging lies and insults at each other in the name of freedom, another quaint American custom was getting under way in a New York Meadow called Flushing. This exercise features men and women swinging clubs at each other and hitting yellow balls at their feet. It is called the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and has been going on … [Read more...] about TENNIS FOR THE MATURE SET
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EARL FLOPS, TOURNAMENT MOVES ON
NEW YORK – Waiting for Earl… Thousands decided to wait for Earl the Hurricane at the tennis parlor in Flushing Meadows. They packed umbrellas, raincoats, hip boots, transistors, emergency rations, perhaps collapsible row boats and kerosene lanterns. Peering at the rumpled gray sky and the US Open’s blue tennis courts, the tennis nuts were ready for anything. They … [Read more...] about EARL FLOPS, TOURNAMENT MOVES ON
THE US OPEN — NO LONGER A SPLIT PERSONALITY IN FLUSHING’S BIG TENT
NEW YORK – As the 43rd season of the chase for dollars rolls toward its crescendo in Flushing (who will come out of it most flush?), few tennis junkies are aware that this monstrocity called the U.S. Open was once-upon-a-time a split personality. It was in a day when something amusingly labeled as “amateurism” held sway, and room-and-board was a prized goal on the tournament … [Read more...] about THE US OPEN — NO LONGER A SPLIT PERSONALITY IN FLUSHING’S BIG TENT