Platform tennis

Platform tennis is derived from tennis, developed in 1928 at Fox Meadow Tennis Club in Scarsdale, New York by James Cogswell and Fessenden Blanchard.^[1]

^ Cruice, Valerie. "On Tap: Platform Tennis", The New York Times, October 9, 1994. Accessed July 29, 2013. "Platform tennis – nicknamed paddle – got its start in 1928 in Scarsdale, N.Y., when Fessenden F. Blanchard and James K. Cogswell sought an outdoor game as a winter substitute for tennis. By 1935 the game had gained enough momentum for the first national championship to be held at the Fox Meadow Club in Scarsdale."

[NYT1994-1] Cruice, Valerie. "On Tap: Platform Tennis", The New York Times, October 9, 1994. Accessed July 29, 2013. "Platform tennis – nicknamed paddle – got its start in 1928 in Scarsdale, N.Y., when Fessenden F. Blanchard and James K. Cogswell sought an outdoor game as a winter substitute for tennis. By 1935 the game had gained enough momentum for the first national championship to be held at the Fox Meadow Club in Scarsdale."

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