Blue Bloods to Blue Collars
How did a landlocked city with bad weather contribute so much to the development of tennis? Beginning as a game for the elite of both coasts, a unique, particular series of circumstances formed The Roots of Tennis.
See The Roots of Tennis on Cw11 remembers special, Dwight Davis (download zip file)
Inside Sports: Interview with Jack Eggmann (download zip file)
About the Author
“ Jack Eggmann is a 1962 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis , where he played on their fine mens’ tennis teams of the late 1950s and early 1960s all four years. His father, Teddy, was quite well known in the 1920s and 1930s, winning numerous titles at the local.... ”
