New England Men`s 55`s Team Grinds Out Fourpeat with Atlantic

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Senior Tennis 2012 – 1
Volume Six • Number Seventeen • Fall • 2012
THE NEW ENGLAND SENIOR TENNIS FOUNDATION BULLETIN
New England Men’s 55’s Team Grinds Out Fourpeat
with Atlantic Coast Cup Victory
Tien scores dramatic, decisive victory
by Captain Paul Shaw
On July 22, 2012 at Old Westbury Country Club on Long Island, the New England Men’s 55’s team defeated a powerhouse team from New York, 4-3, despite the injury of three New England singles players to win
the Atlantic Coast Cup for the fourth consecutive year. This victory even topped last year’s stirring come-frombehind victory over Malta (Mid-Atlantic) in Alexandria, Virginia, for the threepeat.
Knowing that no team had beaten the East in New York, Captain Shaw began his recruitment early and diligently. He added three players new to the 55’s – former #1 singles players David Robbins Tien and Tim Riley,
and Harlan Stone, Jon Bates’ longtime #1 doubles partner. All the remaining players had played on the victorious ACC teams of the past three years including:
Howie Ames, Jon Bates, Wade Frame, Kimm Fisher, Phil Kadesch, Richard Makepeace, Paul Shaw, and Al
Turner.
The first days’ matches began on Saturday, July 21, at Shelter Rock Tennis Club in Manhasset, NY. With
an address of Long Island Expressway (the world’s largest parking lot) most players could not locate the club
with GPS, and several players were at risk of defaulting.
Tim Riley took an hour and
15 minutes to reach the club
from the hotel which was ten
minutes away!
The first match was against
the Middle States, and New
England won decisively, 7-0,
without the loss of a set. The
second match followed shortly and New England again
won 7-0 without losing a set!
However, on the other side
of the draw, the powerhouse
from New York was winning
handily. The singles lineup
from Eastern was formidable:
#1 Singles – John James, forMens 55 ACC Team: top row standing, l - r: Richard Makepeace, Kimm Fisher, Al Turner,
mer top 40 tour player with
Phil Kadesch, Jon Bates, Tim Riley, Howie Ames. Bottom row, kneeling, l - r: Harlan
2 wins over Bjorn Borg.
Stone, Paul Shaw, David Tien, Wade Frame.
Continued on page 26
2 – Senior Tennis 2012
New England Senior
Tennis Foundation, Inc.
An organization established by Bernice and Irving
Levine for the general purpose of promoting tennis
among senior adults in New England.
Administration
Peter Allen, President
Rich Heath, Treasurer
Bats Wheeler, Clerk
Board
Irving Levine
Wade Frame
Amy Read
George Ulrich
Carol Redden
Ken Miller
Dorcas Miller
Jeanne Hulsen
To facilitate the promotion of senior tennis, the
following strategies will be implemented:
1. To provide instruction for seniors interested
in learning how to play the sport or improve
their skills;
2. To support the publication of material to
help seniors learn how to play the game, improve
their skills and knowledge of the game, and understand the latest health research information
relating to the sport of tennis;
3. To distribute a newsletter on a regular basis
that freely discusses issues in the sport of tennis and at the same time reports the results of
tournaments and other competitions and news
of interest to seniors;
4. To run tournaments and other competitions for seniors innovatively and in such a way
as to help participants fully enjoy the sport;
5. To develop and support interstate, intersectional and international competitions for
seniors;
6. To respond to changing needs and interests
of senior tennis players;
7. To recognize and respond to opportunities
to provide leadership within a larger context
for the development of tennis (i.e., to support
or oppose actions by tennis groups that either
further or diminish the growth and support of
the sport);
8. To provide where possible and to support
facilities for senior players at either a reduced
rate or at no cost to them;
9. To create and support a governance structure that ensures continuity to the Foundation
and support for its goals and strategies.
Irv Levine’s famous serve
Senior Tennis Newsletter editor
Dick Ernst of Cranston, R.I. The
Barrington High School boys
tennis coach and a ranking
senior circuit player.
Send stories, pictures and articles to:
Dick Ernst
71 Philmont Ave., Cranston, RI 02910
401-785-0532; or [email protected]
Advertising in this publication is available at
$500/page and $300/1/2 page.
N.E.S.T.F. website www.neseniortennis.org
Editor’s Corner...
with Dick Ernst
Gardner Ward Chase Memorial Bowl Speech
for Richard Ernst
USTA New England Hall of Fame Ceremony – June 9, 2012
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, Rhode Island
By Jerry Johnson
Good evening, everyone! It’s great to be here. I am compelled to begin with a
famous yet often misquoted speech by Mark Antony in Act III, scene II of the play
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
Dick Ernst
Friends, Romans, country clubbers, lend me your ears!
We come to praise Richard Ernst, not to buy him.
The evil that men do lives after them,
the good is oft interred with their bones.
But it is not so with our King Richard of Cranston –
He hath no inborn evil
even though he hath rendered battle scars
to those he hath played on clay, concrete and
grass surfaces with rectilinear lines
which lie on hillsides and valley floors
throughout New England.
I am here to speak of what I know of our goodly king –
that he, however great he was and is on courts of dirt
and leafy blades, hath given much
to our game played with racquets strung with the gut of calves.
We gather here to pause and ponder,
to honor and salute our royal leader who hath poured
his heart and soul into our beloved sport –
that we, too, have benefited and will continue
to benefit from the contributions our good
King Richard of Cranston hath so freely given.
Back in 2005, Dick Ernst was inducted into the New England Hall of Fame. I had the honor of reading his investiture speech. When Dick informed me early this year that he was to receive another honor
– the Gardner Ward Chase Bowl – and when he asked me to do his presentation, I knew I would do what
I could. My home in northern Vermont is 280 miles from Newport. It’s a long trip, but when the king
makes requests, I have to listen! (The $1000 check he sent to me also helped with my decision.)
The Gardner Ward Chase Memorial Bowl is awarded annually to an individual who has made an
outstanding contribution to tennis in New England during his or her lifetime. This is the highest honor
Continued on page 8
NESTF President’s Message
As I write this in August with a few “premier events” still ahead (including the Clay and Grass
Slams), it’s clear that New England will again have offered a wonderful outdoor tournament season
for us seniors. Almost every summer weekend has provided an opportunity for seniors to enter a very
enjoyable weekend tournament. Between late May and mid-September, for example, I plan to play in
eight well-directed sanctioned doubles tournaments and two regional competitions (Friendship Cup and
Atlantic Coast Cup).
The special New England Senior Slam events, initiated in 2010 by the vision and commitment of
NESTF Board members Ken and Dorcas Miller, will be New England’s best attended again. The Hardcourt Slams last June at Yale were a great success. There were a record number of participants, great
tennis, and terrific camaraderie, although we’d like to have more women enter. The Millers deserve our
ongoing thanks for continuing their time-consuming oversight and devotion to this remarkable series of
Senior Slams, to which NESTF contributed more than $4,000.
Senior players in new England greatly benefit from the subsidies that NESTF awards to such events,
providing funds to make them more appealing for players. Just as important, we senior tournament players owe great thanks to all the Tournament Directors and host clubs for always holding annual senior
events so hospitably, treating us as special guests.
NESTF’s Board recently welcomed the addition of Jeanne Hulsen of Burlington, VT. All our members are committed to NESTF’s original sole focus to promote senior tennis in New England. Having
generously co-founded NESTF with his wife Bernice in 1966, Irving Levine will turn 91 this September and still plays tennis as often as occasional health issues permit, an inspirational model for us all.
NESTF continues to invest roughly $20,000 annually in a mix of areas: grants (up to $2,000 each) for
effective senior tennis programs and events, plus these semiannual online Bulletins. Please feel free to
call (508-366-0312) or e-mail me ([email protected]) anytime you have suggestions for Bulletin stories or improvements for senior tennis in New
England.
Best wishes for an active, healthy autumn and winter.
Even if your knees are creaking a bit like mine, remember
the phrase, “Use or lose!” Resolve now to play more next
summer with your senior tennis friends at NESTF-supported events.
Pete Allen, President
New England Senior Tennis Foundation
2012 Atlantic Coast 45’s
by Wade Frame
It’s early spring and time to get everything in order for the 2012 Atlantic Coast 45 competition. This
intersectional match features teams from New England, Eastern, Middle States, and Mid-Atlantic sections. A round-robin format is used whereby each team plays four singles and three doubles matches
against each of the other sections. Mid-Atlantic is the host section, and the matches will be held on Hartru courts at split sites of the Columbia and Woodmont Country Clubs. It is great to be back on clay after
having to go indoors for the past two years at the Middle State and Eastern sites.
Hosting teams are usually able to put together tougher teams. We are scheduled to start play against
host Mid-Atlantic at Columbia Saturday morning, and then face off against Middle States in the afternoon at Woodmont. We’ll finish on Sunday morning against Eastern, the 2011 AC45 winner.
New England’s travel team is looking good at eleven players, with nine returnee’s and two ‘rookies’.
Heading up the singles ranks are David MacBurnie, Bill Mountford, Dave Cox, Anthony Ditulio, and
Phil Kadesch (who will also play a doubles match). With decades of doubles experience, we have three
long-standing teams of Jon Bates and Harlan Stone, Scott Snow and Mike Kolendo, and Chris Holmes
and Wade Frame.
Saturday morning’s match starts with a change as we are to play at Woodmont instead of Columbia.
We’re ready to go with our #1 lineup when we find there is another change – we’ll play Middle States,
not the home team from Mid-Atlantic. After a bit of lineup juggling, we’re ready to go: David MacBurnie at 1st singles, followed by Bill Mountford, Dave Cox, and Anthony Ditulio; at 1st doubles, Stone
and Bates, at 2nd Kadesch and Frame; and Kolendo and Snow at 3rd.
New England gets off to a quick start winning both 1st and 3rd doubles in straight sets. These wins
are offset when Middle States takes straight set wins over Cox and Ditulio at 3rd and 4th singles. Bill
Mountford plays a strong match to take 2nd singles, 6-2, 6-2. Kadesch and Frame take the 1st set from
Al Hernandez and Brad Werner at 2nd doubles, but drop the 2nd set when Frame’s serve heads south.
The serving troubles continue through the 3rd set and even Phil’s great play can’t turn it around. Middle
States wins to tie the match at 3-3.
David Mac is playing a very tough Jim Kohr. Jim dominates the first set, 6-3, and Mac fights back to
take the second set in a tight tiebreaker. It’s a tough set and costs him an injured back. Battling a rejuvenated Kohr, dry and dusty courts, and a painful back, David pulls off a great win with a 6-3 final set to
give New England the match, 4-3. A first-round loss would make it hard to take home the trophy.
We’re off to Columbia next to take on MidAtlantic. Late and with
no time to eat, we’re
back on the courts as
soon as we arrive )Yes,
Phil – we should have
stopped by Subway...)
Mac’s back is feeling
better after the break
and he’ll go again at
1st singles, Bill at 2,
Dave Cox at 3, and Phil
Kadesch will switch
from doubles to singles
at 4. We need to find 4
points against the home Captain Wade Frame is on the far right.
An Albert Rogers Story
by Jerry Johnson
The New England tennis community lost a good friend when Al Rogers passed away on June 14,
2012. Al Rogers played a wonderful game and contributed much to our sport. It was a pleasure for me to
get to know Al over the past several years, and it was an honor for me to do his induction speech in the
Hall of Fame in 2011.
Al also enjoyed poetry and had written a number of verses during his life. In 2010, Al sent me the
following. I was deeply touched. Rest in peace, my friend.
Albert P. Rogers
Red Clay Dancer
by Al Rogers for Jerry Johnson
The dance was done by Jerry
and though it wasn’t scary,
it made you wonder
if a ghost were present,
sliding on Red Clay.
Such intricate skills –
a vernacular all its own
with no word spoken or intoned.
the more you deceive, the more he attacks,
the harder you try, the less you succeed –
like a filly against a mighty steed.
A “Jerry” tale not hard to relate
because we have never contested each other
to date.
Comparing talents of different times
is useless one knows by relating.
One noticed the blond hair streaming
But Jerry Johnson handled a racquet
on a bronze figure dripping with sweat –
like a poet laureate handles his rhyme.
Against this healthy horse, don’t bet.
Infamous imposters, the losers all said,
A Swede with singular purpose, smacks and
“I’ll get you next time!”
whacks –
Albert P. Rogers Obituary
ROGERS, Albert P. Age 83, passed away on June 14, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. His
wife of 30 years, Ann (Seymour) was at his side. He was originally from Maynard, MA and was the son
of the late August and Mary (Tymula) Rogers of Maynard, Ma. Al leaves a large family: his children August of Surfside, TX, Roxan and husband John Abenante of Seabrook, NH, Mary Freeman of Winslow,
ME, Robin and husband Donald Gurley of Burbank, CA, Albert Jr. and wife Apryl (Dame) of Campton,
NH, Renee of Webster, MA, his stepchildren Elizabeth (Carmona) and husband Robert Tassinari of Melrose, MA, Alberto and wife Lois (Parker) Carona of Pelham, NH, and Alicia (Carmona) and husband
Gerard Melanson of Leominster, MA, his cousin Irek Bruchowksi of Rockland, MA, his brother Frank
and wife Helen (Polack) of Boisier City, LA, sister-in-law Mary (Joyce) Rogers of Clinton, MA and
his former wife, Joan (Hamel) of Burbank, CA. He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter Renee and brothers August and Edward. Al graduated from Maynard High School in 1946, Tufts University in 1950 and Arizona State in 1965. He served
honorably in the US Army 25th Medical Battalion from 1946 to 1947. Al was an English teacher in
Brookline at the Lincoln School for almost 30 years. Al also played and coached tennis for many years
in Acton, Curry College, Longwood Cricket Club and the Boston Badminton and Tennis Club. His love
of tennis and coaching was evidenced by his many accolades and awards, most recently his induction
into the US Tennis Association New England Hall of Fame.
Addie Cup, May 30 & June 1, 2012
The 32d annual Pauline Betz Addie Cup competition was held recently at the
Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Mass., May 30 and June 1.
The Addie Cup is a senior women's sectional tennis competition between the following USTA sections: New England, Middle States, Mid-Adlintic and Eastern. The teams are comprised of women
aged 40 to 70+ years. This year the New England team won the Cup for the sixth consecutive year!
The New England Addie Cup team, captained by Molly Hahn, defeated Eastern, 15-4, in the final
round to clinch the win.
All of the members of the New England team want to thank the Longwood Cricket Club, the USTA
NewEngland people, and the NESTF for making New England's hosting of the 28th Addie Cup a most
memorable event.
Continued from page 3 (Editor's Corner)
an individual can receive from USTA New England. I, for one, am hard pressed when trying to think
of anyone more qualified to receive this prestigious award. Most of us are well aware of Dick’s long
and successful playing career. Suffice it to say, he has been a ranked player for 48 years and has mowed
down many a good combatant. I would like to focus on his superlative contributions to our great game.
During more than 50 years of service Dick’s contributions have had a wide and positive impact on the
world of tennis in New England.
Dick was the tournament director for the R.I. Metropolitan Tennis Championships, New England’s
largest tournament, for 43 years, and also organized and ran the New England 10 & Under championships for 10 years. He was tennis director for the Cranston Rhode Island Recreation Department summer program for 25 years. Many of the kids from the program became top-flight Rhode Island and New
England players as well as teaching professionals.
He has served on several NELTA committees. Dick is a former editor of the R.I. Tennis Yearbook
and has been editor of the New England Senior Tennis Foundation Bulletin for many years.
Dick arranged and conducted People-to-People tennis trips with high school players to Ireland in
1971 and to Sweden in 1973. In 1975, President Gerald Ford presented Dick with the U.S. People-toPeople Award for “contributing to international friendship, good will and understanding through sports.”
Dick has coached 56 Rhode Island high school and college tennis teams. He was men’s tennis coach
at Providence College and men’s and women’s coach at Rhode Island College. His teams won four Little
East Conference Men’s Championships and four Women’s titles. His wife Rollie, at ages 49 through 51,
starred for three years on the Rhode Island College team.
As tennis coach for Cranston High School, Dick’s teams won two state and New England titles
while sons Bob and Gordie were mainstays on those championship squads. Gordie is currently the men’s
and women’s tennis coach at Georgetown University in addition to teaching the game to First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters at the White House.
Dick has won so many awards, I’m surprised they haven’t changed the name of our sport to ErnstBall! Dick was a recipient of the National High School Coaching Award, a former president of the R.I.
Tennis Organization and the R.I. Tennis Coaches Association, and the director of the R.I. Interscholastic
boys singles tournament for six years.
Currently, Dick can be found on the North Kingstown High School courts in the fall, coaching the
JV girls on the basics of the game. In his first season the team racked up a 14-0 record, becoming the
2011 State JV champs. In the spring, Ernst coaches the boys at Barrington High. During four of the past
five years, those teams were runners-up in Division I to state champions South Kingstown High.
The Ernst family was named the 2000 USTA New England Family of the Year. Dick is also a member of the R.I. Interscholastic League Hall of Fame, the Rhode Island Coaches Hall of Fame, the City of
Cranston Hall of Fame, and the Cranston Athletic Hall of Fame.
It is with great pleasure that USTA New England now presents Dick Ernst with another well-deserved award, the Gardner Ward Chase Bowl.
Past Gardner Chase Memorial Award Recipients: 1953 E. Blair Hawley, 1954 Frank J. Sulloway, 1955 Chauncey Depew
Steele, Jr., 1956 Harrison F. Rowbotham, 1957 Harry F. Wolf, 1958 Harold F. Fenerty, 1959 J. Brooks Fenno, Jr., 1960 Robert
J. Freedman, 1961 Percy C. Rogers, 1962 Thomas L. Raleigh, Jr., 1963 William P. Rockwell, 1964 Harry R. Kirsch, 1965
Bud Collins, 1966 James B. Smith, 1967 Ned Weld, 1968 Rob Rowbotham, 1969 Titus Sparrow, 1970 Stanley Gibson, 1971
Mrs. David McGoldrick (Edythe Sullivan), 1972 John M. Barnaby, 1973 WGBH TV, 1974 Walter St. Goar, 1975 Charles
W. Briggs, 1976 Samuel V. Schoonmaker, III, 1977 William M. Powers, 1978 J. Ann Rogan, 1979 Robin I. Jaffe, 1980 Jack
Moter, 1981 Charlie Peix, 1982 Gordon E. Steele, 1983 Kay Ruel, 1984 Leo F. Power, Jr., 1985 Miriam Lasher, 1986 Louise
Badden, 1987 Ellen Goldberg, 1988 Barbara Flynn, 1989 Suzanne Grant, 1990 Patricia Arnold, 1991 Larry Hammel, 1992
Mark Beede, 1993 Virginia Bride, 1994 Ken Rickson, 1995 John A. “Jack” England, 1996 Pamela Accardi (posthumously),
1997 Allison McCance, 1998 Robert W. Greene, 1999 George E. Ulrich Jr., 2000 Jack Schubert, 2001 Rich Heath, 2002 Joan
L. Wulfson, 2003 Ron Friedman, 2004 Gary Pina, 2005 Art Goldblatt, 2006 Dick Mount, 2007 Daniel Bonfigli, 2008 George
Robbins, 2009 Mark Stenning, 2010, Phil Parrish.
Chaffee-Hart-Alden
Senior Tennis Tournament 2012
By Ron Plock
Senior tennis players from throughout the Northeast converged on the Williams College Clay Courts
in Williamstown, MA, for the annual Chaffee-Hart-Alden Senior Tennis Tournament during a July
weekend that proved to be ideal for the competition.
Fifty-four men and women participated in events that ranged from mixed doubles in the 45, 55,
and 65 age groups and singles and doubles for ages 60 through 85. With great weather, participants and
spectators were treated to three days (July 20-22) of fierce competition featuring long rallies and many
3-setters. The annual banquet on Friday night at the Williams Inn drew a near record crowd of 64 players, family members and supporters. Besides a great meal, they also were treated to some timely medical advice from the featured speaker, Sports Medicine Dr. Paul Donovan of nearby Stamford, VT. The
tournament has a long and storied history having been initiated by the late, long-time Williams College
tennis coach and tennis legend, Clarence Chaffee. Three sports star Billy Hart of Williamstown had his
name added to the tournament following his untimely death in 1995. Long-time volunteer Nancy Alden
had her name added upon her passing in the fall of 2009.
But the tournament is all about tennis competition and there was plenty of it during the three days.
The Men’ 60 Singles title was won by Bob Szlosek of Leeds, MA, in a spirited competition, dispatching number one seed Gary Chafetz of Cambridge, MA, 7-5, 6-3, and then Larry Bayle of Brandon,
VT, in a long 3-set match 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-1.
Four players vied in the Men’s 65 Singles category with Bill MacArthur of Clifton Park, NY, defeating number one seed Paul Fein of Agawam, MA, in the last match of the tournament on a hot, Sunday
afternoon, 6-4, 6-4.
The largest field in the tournament saw 10 players in the Men’s 70 Singles event. Robert McAfee
of Walpole, MA, edged out George Lynch of Woodstock, VT, 6-4, 7-6 (3). McAfee got to the finals by
defeating Donald McGoldrick of Loudonville, NY in the semi-final round. McGoldrick recently won the
men’s 70 singles title in his native Ireland.
Ernie True of Northfield, VT, captured the Men’s 75 Singles title with a 3-set win over Robert
Schmitz of Scotia, NY 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
There was a Round Robin for the Men’s 80 Singles event, won by Mark Mordecai of New London,
NH. He won both his matches over the other two contestants, Yutaka Kobayashi of Wellesley, MA, and
Ralph Rink of Bondville, VT.
The number one 65 Doubles team of Peter Allen of Westborough, MA, and Tommy George of
Northborough, MA, maintained that ranking with a convincing win over the number two team of Patrick
Rossetti and Ted Underwood of Eastern MA, 6-1, 6-3.
There were three teams each in the Men’s 70, 75, and 80 Doubles events, requiring Round Robin
scoring. In the 70 Doubles, the team of George Lynch and Malcolm Swanson of Windham, NH, took the
title by winning both their matches over Allan Gardner of Belmont, MA, and Robert Stahl of Plymouth,
MA, and David Lowry of Newton, MA, and Robert McAfee.
The 75 doubles competition was captured by David Lowry and Eugene Wheeler of Bow, NH, as
they defeated the other two teams of Richard Morse of Hingham, MA, and Curt Tong of Williamstown,
MA, and George Boyce of Lincoln, RI, and Richard Mount of Chestnut Hill, MA.
And the 80 Doubles title went to George Boyce and Richard Morse, dispatching the two other teams
of Yutaka Kobayashi and C. Bix Shoemaker of Mashpee, MA, and Andrew Campoli and Alan McNabb
of Pittsfield, MA.
Two of the three final matches in the Mixed Doubles competition went to three sets. In the 45 Mixed
Doubles event Ronald Netter of New Haven, CT, teamed with Carol Redden of Southbury, CT, to claim
He’ s There to Serve
BARRINGTON – Where do you begin with Ed Anelundi?
Is it with the fact that he served in World War II?
Is it the fact that he once played basketball with the legendary Ernie Calverley, coached by the famed
Frank Keaney?
Is it the fact he once made three All-State teams at East Providence High School?
Or is it the fact that he is coaching the Barrington high School girls’ tennis team at 84 years old?
Where do you begin?
Maybe it’s the fact that he never even played tennis in the East Providence of his youth. He was too
busy playing other sports then, and tennis was a country-club sport, right?
“I never played tennis,” he said one day last week. “Tennis found me.”
Did it ever.
That was back in 1964; he was 37 when tennis found him. He was a fireman in East Providence then
and he began playing at the indoor court on Blanding Avenue, one that had opened in 1913 as one of the
first indoor courts in the country. It was owned by Charlie Swanson, one of the people who kept tennis
alive around here in those days.
“I used to watch Charlie give lessons before I ever started to play,” he said.
Barrington coach Anelundi has seen it all
He started to play a couple of years later when he was 39, hanging around the court, doing little odd
jobs in exchange for playing time, learning the game from the ground up.
Literally.
“I started sweeping the place, then cleaning it, then I ended up owning it,” he said. “I walked into that
place and it was like I never left.”
Tennis was on the periphery of the sports world around here back then, an insular world in which
there were too few places to play and everyone who played seemed to know each other. It was in this
world that Anelundi flourished. He knew everyone and everyone knew him. And as tennis grew around
here, Anelundi seemed to grow with it.
It was an afternoon last week, and his Barrington team was playing Bay View Academy on the courts
across from the high school. He was wearing a dark blue windbreaker, blue shorts and a blue hat, and
had spent the afternoon standing behind the various courts where his team was playing, and there is no
way he looks 84. He is lean and active, moves like a man decades younger.
He sold the indoor court in East Providence in the early 1990s after owning it for 17 years and began
coaching the Barrington girls in 1994.
“I had always wanted to coach,” he says simply.
Now it’s almost three decades later and he’s still at it, as the years go by, and the culture changes, and
the music changes, and the kids’ faces in front of him change, and everything changes. Yet his passion
for both tennis and coaching never seems to change. The Barrington girls team went to Division I in
1994 and on the state championship the following year. They did it again the following year. Now it’s so
many years later and he’s won three state titles and five divisional crowns.
But it’s not the championship titles that keep him doing it, and it’s certainly not the money.
“If I didn’t have a house to support I’d do it for nothing,” he said.
He still gives private lessons, as he’s done for decades now. And he runs a tennis camp at nearby St.
Andrew’s School in the summer. The only thing he doesn’t like is the Interscholastic League rule that
says high school tennis coaches can’t coach their own kids out of season, a rule he thinks is short-sighted
and hurts the sport.
He has found that kids are kids, regardless of the changing culture. They want to do well. They want
to win. They want to be helped. They want to be coached. In short, they want the same things kids always have wanted.
“They keep me young,” he says with a smile.
There’s no overemphasizing this.
In a society in which most people can’t wait to retire, one in which the new American Dream is to
leave the rat race behind and lie in some beach chair someplace and watch the world go by. Anelundi
keeps coaching this sport that he fell in love with so many years ago, this sport that cuts through the
generations. Keep coaching this game that long stole his heart. Keep coaching kids who always stay the
same age, even as he always gets older.
“I even bake brownies for them, for crying out loud,” he says.
And what keeps him doing this?
What keeps an 84-year-old man coming out to these tennis courts every afternoon, keeps him riding
the school busses to away matches, the daily grind of coaching?
He looks over at his team, high school girls who bring their dreams to these tennis courts every day.
“This,” Ed Anelundi says. “Just this.”
Eighty-four-year-old Ed Anelundi keeps a watchful eye on his
Barrington High girls tennis team during Monday’s match
against Cumberland.
Ed Anelundi, who has been around the game for
years, says coaching Barrington girls tennis keeps
him young.
Barrington girls tennis coach Ed Anelundi talks with second
doubles team of Christina Erickson, center, and Angela Neff during a recent match against Cumberland.
2012 USTA NEW ENGLAND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Inductee: Cornelius T. Chase
Bob Greene’ Speech for Neil Chase
In the area of exceptional contributions, that promulgated the growth of tennis and
development of exceptional human beings. Neil Chase is the man who stands above
the rest.
Born October 4, 1928, Neil Chase came from a large affluent family who built a
tennis court at their property on Bassetts Island, Cape Cod. At age 12, Neil became the
“maintenance man” for the family court and learned to play.
Dyslexia was an unrecognized condition during his growth years, however Neil
managed to graduate from Deerfield Academy and Williams College, both in Massachusetts. He secured a job as a teacher at the Westtown School Pennsylvania. It was
Neil Chase
on
that campus that Neil created the concept and incepted the first ever tennis camp in
(Beverly, MA)
1958.
The camp was very successful and Neil expanded the operation into the beautiful mountain town
of Bethlehem, NH in 1968. He purchased old hotels, remodeled them into dormitories, and added over
thirty clay courts. He also acquired the Maplewood Golf Course during his transactions and added a golf
camp. Each tennis camp held two, four-week summer sessions and two hundred campers were attending
each session at each location. In addition to tennis, each camper had a work detail and an evening educational activity. Neil’s overarching goal was to create an atmosphere of “experiential learning.”
Notable campers, counselors and coaching associates were top American player and Davis Cup star
Dick Stockton, Margie Gengler (who married Stan Smith), USTA coach Ron Woods, Vic Seixas, Clark
Graebner, Maria Kennedy, Rick Devereaux and legendary luminaries Pauline Betz, Fred Perry and Bill
Tilden.
During a span of thirty-five years, Chase Camp hosted over seven thousand campers, the majority of
whom are highly successful professionals in tennis and other industries. There is a Facebook group page
for Chase Tennis and Golf Alumni where former Campers and Counselors stay in contact and reminisce
about their experiences.
Neil eventually moved on to other projects and a man named Nick Bolletieri reinvented Neil’s
concept with great success, but Neil was the inventor and founder of the first tennis camp in America,
educating and influencing over seven thousand ambassadors of the greatest game on earth. To every tennis camp that exists, or ever existed, Neil Chase is the founding father.
Neil Chase USTA Speech
Thank you to Patti Roy and all at the USTA who have put this wonderful evening together. What an
honor it is to be named in The Tennis Hall of Fame.
It is next to impossible to condense 30 odd years of experiences and personalities and do justice to
all those who contributed to The Chase Tennis Camps. Thanks to all the parents who placed their trust in
our case of and vision for their children.
My family was fortunate to summer on an island off Cape Cod MA that had no electricity but had a
tennis court my siblings and I built and maintained. It was on this first court, where as the eldest of 5, I
began my life as a tennis coach and taught my brothers and sister how to have fun with the great game of
tennis. As we all know, tennis can bring out the best and the worst in us and shapes our characters with
how we adjust to success and failure. As the words inscribed on the wall of the Centre Court at Wimbledon by Rudyard Kipling, “If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters the
same...” you might just have what it takes to be a great tennis player or at the very least a reasonable
human being.
By age 17 I had started a summer day camp for sailing, swimming and tennis for the surrounding
summer youth which allowed me to earn money to go to Williams College. In the Navy, I was in charge
of the base tennis team. In 1956 my first wife, Deborah Welsh Chase, and I got jobs at Westtown School
in Westtown PA where I coached soccer, swimming and tennis as well as taught seventh grade and was
in charge of the ninth grade boys dormitory. All of this was excellent preparation for what came to be
my life’s work, The Chase Tennis Camps.
It was Jack Kramer and his touring pro tennis tournament which used the novel idea of a stretched
canvas court which he could set up anywhere that was flat that inspired Deborah and me to set up a
school for tennis. Pancho Gonzales and Tony Trabert were scheduled for the next match of the day and
Tony pointed the conversation to an idea he shared with Bill Talbot. They imagined a tennis school,
and literally described a facility matching that of Westtown with its 8 hard stadium courts and 12 clay
courts that resulted in Deborah and I getting the Quaker Meeting’s approval to lease the campus for the
next summer. Our dream was born. We knew of nowhere else where young aspiring tennis players could
immerse themselves so fully in tennis, receiving top coaching, and travel and play in tournaments both
local and national. Chase Tennis Center was going to offer all of that.
Fortunately, many tennis greats such as Vic Seixas, Bunny Vosters, Don Budge, Clarke Graebner and
Pauline Bets played exhibitions, talked about their tennis experiences and added their knowledge. These
exhibitions and presentations established a foundation that would help to build and sustain a professional
environment and enthusiastic tennis community.
In 1968, the opportunity presented itself in Bethlehem, NH to purchase The Maplehurst, a Victorian
hotel with enough beds and bathrooms for 100 campers. Linda, my second wife, and I ran both camps
from 1968 to 1980 at which time we closed the Westtown camp and focused on the NH site of the Chase
Tennis Camp. Shortly after, The Upland Terrace, another magnificent old hotel, became the home of the
Chase Golf Camp. With the purchase of an 18-hole golf course and construction of 33 red clay tennis
courts, the Chase Golf and Tennis Camps ran side by side providing 250 campers per summer serious instruction and serious fun. At night we offered evening activities where the two camps would merge and
we would have classes for art, photography, theater, conservation and construction, bridge and chess,
rock climbing and more. The best parts, as my youngest daughter remembers, were the Saturday night
dances. Chase was more than just tennis or golf – it was a place where a youngster could really find out
who he or she might become.
My place in the tennis community of NH led to assisting the Mt. Washington Hotel to stage a professional tournament in the cool mountain air of the White Mountains. Our campers had the fabulous
opportunity to ball boy and girl at these events and the pros would come visit camp and present a talk
and exhibition. Our tennis community was blessed with such greats as Rod Laver and Fred Perry, a dear
friend. Timothy Gallway came and gave a talk about his book The Inner Game of Tennis which brought
awareness to attitude both on and off the court. Jim Loehr contributed his insight and knowledge in
the early part of his career. All of these greats enriched and supported the quality of the instruction and
atmosphere of learning.
There are so many people along the way who contributed greatly to the success of each summer with
their energy and a devotion to both the games of tennis and golf and their love for and kinship with each
other. These counselors and campers built the memories of Chase that has, these many years later, led to
my being here, in this great Tennis Hall of Fame.
Bob Green you have surprised me with your nomination and I am truly touched. Jenny Smith and
Jumbo Jim McKell captained the ship and delivered the tennis program summer after summer. Chris
Horgan was director for many years. Bobby Gamble blessed us with fun and laughter and music for
those Saturday dances, as well as his tennis knowledge. Many of our counselors were once campers
themselves and survived our CIT program to find a place very summer as a seasoned staff member.
Many campers grew through the ranks from camper to counselor. Eric Speeno and Andy Smith were two
of many who showed up at pre-camp every summer to do what had to be done for opening day. Everyone met the challenges of getting the 33 clay courts and numerous rooms ready for the summer – no
small task – and in spite of the occasional complaint at the backbreaking work, great camaraderie and
high spirits prevailed. There are countless other campers and staff who contributed to the Chase Camps
experience. I am here today thanks greatly to them and to the contributing vision ad expertise of Deborah Welsh, my first wife, and the stalwart support and business acumen of Linda Robbins, my second
wife. Thanks also to the understanding and support of my children Patrick, Becky, Neil, Eric, and Chrissy – you have each in your own way sustained me and I love you all very much. This is a great honor
and I thank you all.
Inductee: Dr. Paul C. Young
Introduction by Henry R. Kirsch
In 1963, a young man with a slight southern accent and the sweetest backhand
this side of Ken Rosewall played his first New England tournament. Over the next
half century, Paul Young became a major factor on the New England tennis scene.
He reached the top ten in men’s singles. He earned his first New England number one
ranking in the 35 doubles. This he followed with several number one rankings in singles and doubles in the men’s 70s and 75s. And, very importantly, he and Jerry Young,
his wife of 50 years, were three times ranked number one in senior mixed doubles.
Nationally, Paul was ranked as a junior, and in the men’s 35 category he achieved
a national ranking of number eight. On the international scene Paul was an able reprePaul C. Young
sentative
of the United States by winning several singles and doubles titles at the World
(Durham, NH)
Medical Championships in both the men’s 70 and 75 categories.
Paul represented New England successfully in various team matches. He is proud
of having played number one singles when New England won the Atlantic Coast matches in the 75-andover category for the first time ever.
In tennis administration, Paul was the New Hampshire representative to the New England association for many years. He also captained teams and served on various committees.
A native of Baton Rouge, Paul received his undergraduate degree at LSU, where he played number
one singles and doubles on the tennis team. At LSU he also earned his MD.
While Paul’s record might indicate that he did little else than play tennis, he actually had a very successful career as a pathologist and lab director at the Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover, NH. There
he also served on the Board of Directors and as President of the hospital medical staff.
He and Jerry have lived in Durham, NH for the past forty seven years. They have two daughters and
a son and six grandchildren.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present to you a worthy inductee into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame, Dr. Paul Campbell Young.
Paul Young’s Acceptance Speech
This moment ranks as one of the pinnacles of my tennis career. It joins a win over Henry Salaun and
attaining a national ranking the 35’s as my most cherished tennis accomplishments.
At age eleven, I was fortunate to have an outstanding beginner coach, Jimmy Bateman. Among
many others, Jimmy Bateman coached Frank Parker, Jack Tuero, Richard Mouledou and Ham Richardson. All of these players had great backhands. My backhand has always been my best shot. In fact, I
would run around my forehand to hit a backhand. Tennis has opened doors for me and produced many
lasting friendships including several European MD’s who I competed against. I can’t not play tennis.
The New England USTA Association has always been good to me. Since my arrival in NE in 1965,
I have always hoped for and at times worked for the continued success of the association. I would like
to thank the association for this honor. I want to especially thank Harry Kirsch for this efforts on my
behalf. I would also like to thank my friends for their support in attending this function. Lastly, I would
like to thank my wife, Jerry, who has always been supportive and encouraging of my tennis.
Inductee: Lynn Miller
There’s something I found in my parent’s home while clearing it out 12 years ago,
written when I was in second grade entitled “The Playground Helper.” It has a drawing of two people playing what looks like tennis even though I don’t remember seeing
any tennis courts in the vicinity of the project where I grew up in Brooklyn, NY.
Even though I am not from a tennis playing family, I found tennis when we
moved to Long Island. I became good friends with the backboard in a new public park
they built down the road, and that was a life-changer for me.
Lynn Miller
(Franklin, MA)
Later on in life, I figured out that there were three things I wanted in my life:
1. To be a great athlete
2. To have a successful profession
3. To have a lifelong partner
The sport of tennis was the avenue to meeting two of those three aspirations – being an athlete and
pursing a meaningful profession.
For a good part of my life, my mind and soul wanted to be a great player, but early in my tennis career my body was saying “no”, fighting tendonitis and arthritis a good part of my amateur tennis career.
Despite those setbacks, I loved the competition and still loved to chase the rankings and trophies, as superficial as they may seem to many people, they meant something to me, especially as I got older, when
that raw athletic gift seemed fleeting.
As a coach/teacher – this is where I’ve spent over two-thirds of my life. I’ve been a career coach. It
started out as if I can’t play, I’ll teach others to do what I love to do. The problem was, I became addicted to my career and my desire to become a better teacher of the game. I loved to teach anyone at any
level who wanted to learn. For that, I would have to thank Wheaton College, where I’ve spent most of
my career, for giving me that one year contract renewable every year for 32 years, for allowing me to
run summer camps there, teach private lessons on their courts, run coaches clinics earlier in my career
and a lot of other tennis teaching activities that I truly enjoyed doing.
I would also have to thank my tennis friends Lillian Peltz-Petow and others who have shared practice
sessions with me and favorite drills and for Lil telling me to stop whining about all of my ailments.
To people like Avis Murray, who has been so supportive and very encouraging to met later in my
career at Wheaton.
To Betty Ann, who has helped me when I struggled at work from the overload, helped me through
my heart attack recovery, and played in some local tournaments when there weren’t enough people in
the draw so I could get my minimum number of tournaments in.
To my students, some of whom are here today, for making me feel like I could make a difference in
their game and in their lives by being open to my advice (sometimes) since my approach to coaching
was not based on hitting with power but finesse and versatility...and also to my college students who
taught me that coaching tennis was far more than just learning advanced skills and tactics.
And to the USTA/New England for recognizing me for my efforts. I’ve often felt in my career that
what I did for a living went unnoticed, especially working in a small Division III college environment,
so this Hall of Fame induction is very validating for me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for
that.
Finally, I always tell my players that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. You can be up a set
and lose the match, and I would rather have them start more slowly, learn to problem solve, and come
out strong in the end, winning the match. That’s how I feel about tennis and about life, in general. So,
I’ll leave you with that.
And I thank you again for this evening, for your presence here and for the great honor.
Payum Payman’s Speech for Lynn Miller
For 25 years of my life tennis has been the most important thing to me. I love it, I adore it, and most
importantly, respect it. The reason I have only the most amazing memories of my college tennis years
is because Lynn Miller represents what the spirit of college tennis is all about. As a player I witnessed
a coach committed to helping each and every player on and off the tennis court, her passion for good
tennis was contagious; however, more importantly her emphasis on sportsmanship and dignity was what
separated her from her peers. Recently I had the experience of being an assistant college tennis coach,
and after two years in the field I have come to have a greater respect, admiration, and appreciation for
the way Coach Miller carried herself. Coach Miller was not afraid to bench a player if they were not representing the school in the appropriate manner. There is a famous story of Coach not allowing a player
to go NCAA’s for the singles event because he showed up late for one too many practice and matches. It
takes a person of great integrity to hold the character, sportsmanship, and spirit of the sport above WINNING. In a society that values winning at all costs over anything, Coach Miller is a throw back to the
times when class and professionalism meant something.
Recently I faced some personal adversity and after confiding in my girlfriend, the next person I called
for help was Coach Miller, because Lynn Miller is more than just a tennis coach. She has been like my
mom away from home. She has done so much for me during my career at Wheaton helping me achieve
my dreams both on and off the tennis court. It is my honor to help induct her into the Hall of Fame because I cannot think of a person more deserving of this award.
Inductee: Mr. Henry Edward Paige
Errol S. Page Speech Honoring Mr. Henry Edward Paige
My father, Mr. Henry Edward Paige, known to all his friends as Sonny, was a pas-
sionate tennis player. My mother often said she got into tennis because she couldn’t
get him off the court.
My father was a prominent figure when tennis was still segregated. In the early
1950’s, he became the President of New England Tennis Association (NETA) and he
organized the first junior program in Boston, called The Boston Tennis Club. Playing out of Carter Playground, he matched me and the other players against the white
tennis programs throughout Massachusetts. My father funded most of the trips himHenry “Sonny”
self and provided racquets and gear for all of the players who couldn’t afford them.
Paige (Mattapan, Through his coaching, I became the Junior New England Champion for five consecuMA)
tive years.
In the late 1960’s, Henry left the Boston Navy Yard after 29 years in order to follow his dreams. An action that almost caused him and my mother to divorce: My father took an early
retirement, placing a mortgage on his home and organized The Sportsmen’s Jr. Tennis Program at Franklin Field where he was the first Head Coach and taught private lessons to many great players. Playing
for the Negro American Tennis Association, he formed close bonds with players such as Arthur Ashe
and Althea Gibson. I even remember how he and the Australian players Ken Rosewall and Rod Labor
became close friends even though the league was segregated and would hang out every time they came
into town. And throughout this time, he was one of the only Negro’s to have his own racquet stringing
business and was a salesman for Wilson Sporting Goods.
After winning many single and doubles tournaments, he finally decided to start coaching at the age
of 47 and was sponsored by William Bell Battles of Stamford, CT. It was then that he became the first
African-American to coach professionally in New England and was registered by the USPTA. After 15
years, my father retired as NETA’s President to become the President Emeritus.
Throughout his career, my father served as Chairmen of numerous open and closed tournaments
including those held at Sportsmen’s Tennis Center and at the Boston Navy Yard. He umpired in the
NETA open tournaments held at Yale University and other matches held at the Longwood Cricket Club
in Brookline, MA. He also helped to organize the first NETA sanctioned doubles tournament held in
Waterbury, CT.
In 1993, The Mattapan Community Health Center honored my father as a Boston Tennis Legend.
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) honored my father for his community service and
actions for developing Boston; and the Roxbury Comprehensive Health Center named their Diagnostic
Center after him.
It is at this time I would like to thank the United States Tennis Association for inducting my father,
Mr. Henry Edwin Paige, a great tennis player and great man, into the Hall of Fame.
Inductee: Dorothy Bicknell
Pam Atkinson’s Speech: Introduction for Dorothy Snow Bicknell
It’s my great pleasure to be here today to introduce Hall of Fame inductee Doro-
thy Snow Bicknell. She has been in this Hall of Fame in my mind and heart for a very
long time. Dorothy is the daughter of Edward Rowe Snow and Anna Merle Snow. Her
father was a famous historian, Globe Santa, and author. But having seen him through
the years, I think perhaps his most important contribution to the tennis world was that
he was surely the source of Dorothy’s sense of humor! There was never a time that
I was round him that there wasn’t a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face. Her
mother was surely the source of Dorothy’s grace. Anna Merle was kind, generous and
unflappable
(except maybe for that one time in downtown New Haven when I misDorothy “Dolly”
Snow Bicknell
read a map or street sign and we got lost...). She had a quiet gentle spirit. Dorothy was
(Marshfield, MA) blessed to have these two people as parents. When she was in high school, Dorothy met
her husband Len, himself a wonderful man who also gives so much to his community.
They have together honored the game by all the good they bring into the world. Not the least of which is
two great daughters, Laura and Jessica and their children, Patrick, John and Addie.
Dorothy is being honored as one of her generations best singles and doubles players and I hope also
as a dedicated and joyful ambassador for tennis based on her lifetime of teaching. She was in the top
four if not the top two or three of the junior players in New England year after year. We were thirteen
when we first paired up as a doubles team. In those days, tournaments were a week long event. Although
we may have thought we were appreciative we really had no idea how greatly blessed we were to spend
week after week and year after year of our summers competing against New Englanders for the various
titles and trophies. Because we spent so much time at these events and with any of the same competitors
week after week, we all got to know each other. Now in any group there are people who you think are
fantastic and people you get along with and people you can live without. In an environment where one
of the key components is competition, a lot of people can perhaps fall into the people you can live without category. Dorothy was not one of them. She is one of those people who everyone knew was special.
If she didn’t make the Hall of fame for her tennis ability, she would have to be inducted for the way she
could make people laugh day after day week after week as we sat waiting for matches. People truly en-
joyed just being around her. They would talk about her grace on the court (she had several years of ballet
under her belt), her intelligence, her sportsmanship her tenacity, her regal bearing (I’m not kidding!) And
her sense of humor and very quick wit. Even at that incredibly awkward age of thirteen, Dorothy was
the kind of person most people would like to be and she has continued to be that person as long as I have
known her.
As a doubles team, from the first time we walked on the court we clicked. We were both tall and athletic which also made us an imposing team. From that first year through the junior and into the women’s
rankings we managed to take the number one position with only the rare exception. Our games and
personalities were very different but they complemented each other. For her part Dorothy was considered a steady player and had great touch. Her return of serve was reassuringly solid on both her forehand
and backhand side. She rarely double faulted. She liked the net but was more than happy to let me jump
in and put a volley away. She had very good speed and there were very few balls she couldn’t reach one
way or another. She knew how to put things in perspective under pressure and could make me laugh at a
time when I would more naturally be nervous or worry. But she was a competitor and she wanted to win.
She knew how to raise her game when she needed to. She was, in short, a great partner.
In singles competition Dorothy was the picture of calm determination. We were raised in the era
where tennis was the sport of gentlemen and women. Dorothy personified that. She was a young lady
on the court, never raising her voice or losing her composure. She smiled in victory and defeat. She was
kind and uplifting to people who she could easily defeat, getting to know them as the crossovers and
complimenting them on the points and games they would win. Against her toughest competition she
showed her determination and grit without losing her grace. Everyone who competed against her is better for the example she set.
Since we have stopped competing Dorothy has continued to be someone who makes the tennis community proud. I have had the opportunity to see her teach tennis since we were juniors and see the joy
and love for the game she brings to her students. It is obvious when she is teaching that it is about more
than just the game, too. So many seniors or women’s groups would come to take lessons from her knowing their day would be better for the time they spent with her. Whether she was doing it intentionally or
not, I could see her lessons were a gift of joy and charity to whoever walked on her court. Worries faded
and smiles and laughter took their place.
As a couple Dorothy and Len have been involved in the Pan Mass challenge for over twenty-five
years. For the past sixteen years all Dorothy’s tennis students have written their checks out to the Jimmy
Fund instead of to her. That is an amazing gift. She is involved in several other charities as a board
member or president and in 2009 was recognized as a tireless fundraiser for the historic lighthouses in
Duxbury.
Our family has watched Dorothy and Len’s family grow all these many years through our yearly
Christmas card exchange and it has been an inspiration to see her family’s size and smiles grow larger
with each successive year.
Please join me in applauding this great player, friend, teacher, wife, mother, philanthropist and human being.
Dolly’s N.E. Tennis Hall of Fame Speech
I still can’t believe that this is actually happening to me! I thank so many of my friends for being
here today.
Tennis has always been such a huge part of my life, and it still continues to be. I have to many
friends from tennis...so many wonderful experiences...so many fun memories...I have been so fortunate.
My parents built a court at our house the year that I was born. My daughter and her family live there
now, but if I’m “good” I still get to use it.
Edward Rowe Snow, my father, who was self-taught, helped me learn how to play on our court, but
I started taking real lessons when I was 9 or 10 from Harry Brinkerhoff, Sr. He was a wonderful gentleman who just loved the sport of tennis. I remember one day when he came to teach, he handed me a
Davis Imperial racquet to use. At the end of the lesson he said to me: “That worked pretty well for you.
Why don’t you just keep it?” I am still amazed by his generosity.
He was such a nice old gentleman (probably in his 50’s), so I went along with his crazy ideas of trying to change my strokes – just to humor him – after all, my father had already taught me how to play!
Eventually through his incredible patience, humor and perseverance he was able to change my “windshield wiper” strokes to the then more conventional “Eastern” ones.
At Harry’s urging, I started playing tennis tournaments when I was 11, and began making many of
my long time tennis friends – like Pam, my doubles partner, and many of you who are here today.
My parents knew how fortunate they were to have a tennis court, and it was known far and wide that
it was available for anyone to use. There were only boys in my neighborhood when I was growing up,
and they all loved to play tennis. Often if they needed a fourth, they would ask me to play with them.
My now husband, Len, came to play one day with two of his friends, and I was asked to be their fourth.
Shortly after that he asked me to play in the Marshfield Memorial Day Doubles Tournament. We won it,
and the rest is history.
I have been able to travel thanks to tennis. I went to Illinois for the National 16s, to Philadelphia
for the National 18s, Canada for the International Friendship Cup. John Voikos and I went to Flushing
Meadows to try to qualify for the U.S. Open, and I even played here at Newport in the Virginia Slims
Tournament as a local qualifier. Chris Evert played on the court next to me, and I was able to return
some stray balls from her match that had rolled onto my court.
Harry Brinkerhoff was also responsible for me teaching tennis. He came to me in 1969 and asked
me if I wanted to teach “using his name,” because at that time that was the only way that people could
still play tournaments and accept money. I got together some tennis balls, started teaching, and realized
immediately something my husband has known all along – that I loved telling people what to do.
First I was at the Scituate Tennis Club, then at Hingham, and in 1974 I started at the Kingsbury
Club, and have been there happily ever since. Right now I am on at least my third generation of students
– having taught parents, their children and now their children’s children.
As far as competition is concerned, I have no delusions about why I am receiving this honor – my
doubles record. Although I did attain a #2 ranking in Women’s singles (the year that Pam was #1),
doubles was always my passion. Singles was too tension-filled, and just too personal. It is very good
for your game, however, and as time went on, I continued to play singles in tournaments to improve my
game for doubles.
With the exception of my very first partner when I was 12, (who was always yelling at me: “Don’t
hit it to the net person!” She thought I could aim!) Except for that experience, I have always loved
doubles. It’s just more fun than singles. There is always someone tot talk to, someone else to blame. At
the age of 13 Pam and I played each other, became friends, and tried doubles. We WON!!! We almost
always won. From the 14 and under all the way through the womens, we almost always won. And how
much fun is that???!!!
From the beginning, Pam and I would always kid each other about how our names should be listed
on the doubles draw sheet. My maiden name was Snow and hers was Hobbs. Each of us would always
try to be listed first. I do remember one time I succeeded, only to have a fairly incompetent chair umpire
announcing our match at Longwood. As we finished our match he called out, “Game, Set and Match to
Snobbs and Ho 6-0, 6-0.” After that, Pam felt that it should be alphabetical – Hobbs and Snow. Unfortunately it was difficult to argue with that logic. So I showed her, and got married and then we were Bicknell and Hobbs. It took a while, but wouldn’t you know that she found someone to marry whose name
started with an A – Atkinson!
So thank you to my family and friends - those here today, and those who could not attend.
Tennis has been and will continue to be a very important part of my life.
The arthritic hip is a significant problem for many people; it may arise as a result of wear and tear (normal
or accelerated), caused by rheumatoid arthritis, trauma, or joint collapse caused by a fault in blood supply
to the femoral head (ball of the joint). The hip is a ball and socket joint which is very stable and resistant to
wear. As a result of this resistance to wear, hip joint replacement is more common with advancing age. In
some cases, however, the joint may be subject to early or accelerated wear which necessitates earlier replacement surgery. Because hip may also need replacement in some cases of fracture, although the prosthesis
differs depending on patient age and bone quality as well as general health. While the baseline status of the
patient and the reason for replacement are variables, hip replacement is nearly always successful, and has an
excellent outcome with restoration of mobility and walking tolerance without pain.
Arthritis
Joint surfaces are covered with a smooth layer of cartilage. This cartilage absorbs shock, and together with
the normal joint lubrication provided by the joint lining, provides a smooth low friction surface. The surface
cartilage has a limited capacity to heal itself. As it wears away, bone is exposed. Bone surfaces in contact
cause pain while cartilage has no sensation. The inflammation caused by the debris of joint wear causes pain
and stiffness, and new bone reaction leading to loss of motion.
Symptoms
Symptom onset is generally subtle. Walking tolerance usually slowly diminishes over many years to the
point where only one or two blocks are possible without resting. Pain is increased by activity ad cold damp
weather. Anti-inflammatory medications (aspirin related) are the mainstay of conservative treatment along
with alteration of daily activities. Swimming and bicycling are generally less painful than walking or running
sports. The arthritic hip loses range of motion slowly, especially rotation. Often the hip in need of replacement has become functionally a simple, painful hinge joint. Climbing or descending stairs or arising from a
chair is especially painful. This is because the loads across the painful joint are multiplied by these activities.
As a result, activities of daily living become laborious.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is usually straightforward. Arthritis is usually easily seen on x-ray films and hip motion is generally limited and painful. The pain is often in the groin or radiates into the thigh or even to the knee. Sciatica
or nerve related pain from the back may coexist, or be confused with the pain of hip arthritis. In cases where
the x-ray and physical exam do not match the pain complaints, MRI, bone scan, or joint injection test may be
indicate to localize the source and cause of pain.
Surgery
Replacement of the worn joint is usually performed of both the ball and cup. Generally the cup is replaced
with a metal shell which is rough on its outer surface and encourages bone ingrowth. The femoral stem is
generally cemented into the marrow canal of the femoral shaft. Pressed onto this, a metal ball articulates with
a hard plastic liner locked into the metal cup. This forms a stable joint and may be walked upon immediately.
Non-cemented prostheses have been used in recent years in an attempt to increase the longevity of implants.
These are only used in the younger more active individual. They may be associated with lingering thigh discomfort, probably related to micro-motion of the femoral stem.
Candidates
The Total Hip Replacement Candidate is ideally greater than 60 years of age and in generally good health.
There should be no history of prior hip infection. In addition, any chronic or recurrent infection elsewhere
may lead to late prosthetic infection. Because of this, dental abscesses should be thoroughly treated. A patient
with recurrent urinary tract infection secondary to retained kidney stones, urethral strictures, or other genitourinary problems should have urologic evaluation prior to total joint replacement.
Antibiotics are used after surgery, during dental work, or during colonoscopy to minimize the risk of late
infection.
Blood Transfusion
Transfusion of two units of blood is required in most cases. We encourage patients to donate their own
blood prior to surgery to minimize the risk of disease transmission. A week between each donated unit and
before surgery allows time for the blood count to normalize. In certain instances where religious belief prevents blood transfusion, hip replacement may be done without donating or receiving blood. This may represent a higher risk during and after surgery.
Hospitalization
Patients are admitted the day of surgery and stay generally 4 to 7 days. Depending on home support and
preoperative fitness, they may return home with home physical therapy and home health aid, or receive additional intensive physical therapy at a rehabilitation center. This decision is generally made during hospitalization when it becomes clear what functional needs will be required before discharge.
Complications
The most serious complication after total joint replacement is infection. This occurs in less than 0.5% of
hip replacements, but the incidence is minimized with prophylactic antibiotics. If infection occurs, removal
of the prosthesis at least temporarily is usually necessary. Deep venous thrombosis (clot) may also occur.
This is minimized by the use of anticoagulant medication, and is started in the perioperative period and continued for three weeks after surgery. Safe control of anticoagulation requires weekly blood tests and necessary adjustment Dislocation occasionally occurs. This is minimized by careful prosthetic positioning and
maintenance of safe hip positions for two months after surgery. Leg length discrepancy may occur because of
inability to restore normal length, or in occasional instances where hip stability precludes restoration of equal
length. This may be normalized with a shoe lift if necessary. In nearly all instances excellent results after
Total hip Replacement allow a return to high level function without pain.
Compliments of Center for Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics & Podiatry
127 School Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Tel. 729-9400 Sportsmedcenter.com
Continued from page 9 (Chaffee-Hart-Alden)
the title over the husband-wife team of Scott and Susan Wynn of Charlestown, MA, 6-3, 6-3.
There was only one match in the 55 Mixed Doubles, but it was long and intense. The husband-wife
duo of Mark and Linda Kivitz of Penn Valley, PA, outlasted Dixie Passardi of Williamstown, MA and
her partner, James Heath of Phoenixville PA, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
The top seed in the 65 Mixed Doubles category, Susan Doyle and Robert Whitehouse of Keene, NH,
lost a nail-biter to the second seeded team of Howard and Carolyn Peelle of Amherst, MA, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Winning singles and doubles players each received 4 wine glasses and runners up each got 2 glasses.
There was satisfaction from players and tournament officials in getting the competition back to Williamstown and the Williams College clay courts. The tournament team is planning next year’s event for
the weekend of July 19-21 and is hoping to add additional categories to the draw. Boosted by perfect
weather for the three days, many area residents turned out to watch the competition.
Mens 65 Singles, l - r: Bill MacArthur and Paul Fein.
Paul won 6-4, 6-4.
Mixed 65 Doubles, l -r: Howard/Carolyn Peelle, Susan
Doyle/Robert Whitehouse. Peele won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Mixed 45 Doubles, l - r: Scott and Susan Wynn/Carol
Redden and Ronald Netter. Redden/Netter won 6-3, 6-3.
Mens 70 Doubles, George Lynch and Malcolm Swanson
were Round Robin winners.
Mens 75 Singles, l - r: Robert Schmitz and Ernest True.
True won 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
Mens 70 Singles, l - r: George Lynch and Robert McAfee.
McAfee won 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Mens 80 Doubles, George Boyce/Richard Morse, winners
of Round Robin.
Mens 60 Singles, l - r: Robert Szlosek/Larry Bayle.
Szlosek won 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-1.
Mixed 55 Doubles, l - r: Mark/Linda Kivitz and Dixie
Passardi/Scott Heath. Kivitz won 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
Mens 65 Doubles, l - r: Ted Underwood/Patrick Rossetti
and Tommy George/Peter Allen. George/Allen won 6-1,
6-3.
Mens 80 Singles, l - r: Ralph Rink/Mark Mordecai.
Mordecai was Round Robin winner.
Continued from page 5 (2012 Atlantic Coast 45's)
team which just swept the East, 7-0. It turns out David’s back was better in the car than on the court – he
falls fast to Davy Houston. Dave Cox falls next at 3 to a tough Dean Packard. Bill has a tight match at
2, but also falls in straight sets. Mid-Atlantic is up 3-0, and we’re off to a bad start. Phil finds his singles
legs at 4 and has a nice win over John Olson, 7-5, 7-6. New England is on the board.
Mike and Scott take a straight-set win at 3rd doubles over captain Bill Rublee and partner, 7-6, 6-1.
At 1st doubles Bates and Stone drop the first set, 6-1, to Spencer Kersian and Joe Messmer. New England fights back to take a very tight 2nd set in a tiebreaker. Chris Holmes and Wade Frame take the 1st
set, 6-3, but drop a close 2nd set in a tiebreak. After playing a great tiebreak, Bates and Stone get back
in their usual form and take the 3rd set with score of 6-4. New England and Mid-Atlantic are now tied
at 3-3. In the last match of the day Chris and Wade get an early break in the 3rd set, hold serve, and get
another break to close out the match, 6-2, and give New England its second win of the day with a 4-3
victory over Mid-Atlantic.
After a good long day on the courts we find the traditional event dinner is off! It’s disappointing that
another Atlantic Coast custom seems to be fading away. We find a nice steak house to celebrate the days’
wins and plan for taking the final match against the East. Having beaten both Middle States and MidAtlantic, we just need to win four matches to take home the Cup!
On Sunday morning at Woodmont Country Club, Bill Mountford will take over at 1st singles since
David’s back keeps him out of the action. He’ll be followed by Anthony Ditulio, Dave Cox, and Phil
Kadesch. Anthony gets it rolling with a 6-0, 6-0 win, quickly followed by Bates and Stone at 1st doubles, 6-0, 6-1. Vets Scott Snow and Mike Kolendo dictate their match for a 6-0, 6-4 win. Team rookies
Dave Cox and Bill Mountford bring home the match with straight set wins!
With five wins over the East, new England wins the 2012 Atlantic Coast 45’s, and takes home the
Atlantic Coast 45’s Cup for the fourth time in the last eight years.
I have been very lucky to captain the team for nine years, and had the honor of playing with some of
New England’ best veteran
players. Thanks to all players for their effort, great play,
and fellowship. Rookie Bill
Mountford will take over the
captain’s duties in 2013, and I
expect he’ll bring home even
more wins at New England’s
captain – Thanks Bill!
I would also like to thank
the New England Senior Tennis Foundation and USTA
New England for their help
and support each and every
year.
NE Players Honored at
Newport Casino Hall of Fame Pro Tournament
Marikate Murren, Executive Diredtor of USTA/NE with
number one men’s 90’s Irving Levine.
Left: Heather Anastos, director of competitive tennis for
USTA New England and, right, Dorcas Miller, number
one women’s 60’s for 2011.
Ruby Curtis and Carolyn Fournier, number one women’s
60 doubles for 2011 and first Triple Slam winners.
Marikate Murren with Rick Wilson, number one in
men’s 50 doubles, along with partner Mark Lenders and
Gary Pina, president USTA/NE in center.
Dorothy “Dolly” Snow Bicknell –
2012 Hall of Fame inductee.
Continued from page Front Cover (New England Men's 55's)
#2 Singles – Bob Bull, former National Champion.
#3 Singles – Paul Moss, current top 5 national player.
#4 Singles – Jim Malhame, current top national player.
Surprisingly, Bob Litwin, former #1 national champion and world #1 was playing doubles rather than
singles.
Same as last year, the New England strategy was to sweep the 3 doubles matches and to win one out
of the four singles matches.
The final match began in ideal weather – sunny, in the low 80’s with low humidity. The forecast was
for the temperature to rise to the mid to high 80’s.
Richard Makepeace and Kimm Fisher at #2 doubles started out with a quick win for New England
over Bob Tanis and Kevin Kane, 6-1, 6-1. Attention shifted to a high level battle between Wade Frame
and John James at #1 singles. Wade played an aggressive and attacking game against James, with many
forehand winners and big service winners. James’ pinpoint accuracy and strong defense, resulted in a
6-3, 6-3 win over Frame.
Meanwhile, Jon Bates and Harlan Stone were having a battle at #1 doubles against Bob Litwin and
Steve Berliner. With tremendous shot-making and remarkable consistency New England took a 2-1 lead.
At #3 singles, Phil Kadesch won the first set over a tenacious Paul Moss, 6-4. At 0-1, in the second
set Phil pulled a hip flexor muscle. After learning that New England had won their first sets in #3 doubles and #2 and #4 singles, Kadesch decided to retire, thinking that New England was in a strong position to win.
Meanwhile, Tim Riley was playing the match of this life against Bob Bull. Both players were endlessly rallying from far behind the baseline. Rallies lasted upwards of 50 to 60 shots with an average
of 20 shots per rally. Riley was leading 6-2, 4-0 when Kadesch retired. He asked for extra nourishment
and Gatorade while feeling cramps in his leg. Captain Shaw came onto the court and encouraged him to
close out the match to secure the win, before getting more injured. Suddenly and unfortunately, at 5-0,
30-15, Riley staggered on the court with cramps in both hamstrings. He was carried off the court and
there was no pickle juice on hand to relieve the cramps, and Riley reluctantly had to retire before closing
out what would have been a career victory. The tournament director said firmly, “He can’t go on, it’s not
worth it to kill ourselves out there!”
Dramatically, the tide had shifted against New England who was now behind 3-2 in matches after
the two singles injuries. Thankfully, Al Turner and Howie Ames closed out a victory against the #3 New
York doubles team of captain Doug Barrow and Rich Bates, 7-6, 6-1.
With the score tied in matches at 3-3, all attention shifted to #4 singles with David Tien in a dogfight
with New York’s Jim Malhame. Tien won the first set 6-4, but was facing a set point with Malhame
serving at 6-5. Fortunately he saved the set point and forced a tie-breaker with players from both sides
watching and cheering on the adjacent court, Tien ran down Malhame’s well-placed volleys and hit several key passing shots. Malhame noticed that Tien’s calf was wrapped and he was laboring to cover the
court and appeared to be cramping. Being a medical doctor, Tien knew his cramps were progressing and
he was in serious trouble if the match went to three sets. In the nick of time, he closed out the tie-breaker
7-5 and secured the victory for New England, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
With the fourpeat in hand after defeating the mighty East, New England celebrated with a round of
beers and a belatedly discovered jar of pickle juice. The three injured players, Kadesch, Riley and Tien,
were transported up to the clubhouse in golf carts as the hill was steep leading to the locker room. They
were given the royal treatment by the gracious and concerned hosts from Old Westbury Country Club.
Captain Shaw, a staunch believer and experienced in the healing powers of pickle juice, could not
believe that he did not have the elixir on hand during the matches but was thrilled and relieved to secure the victory in the nick of time. Tim Riley remarked, “I’ll never be without pickle juice again as he
bemoaned his near career win over the Bull while also reveling in the sweet team victory!
NEW ENGLAND
SENIOR TENNIS
FOUNDATION
N.E.S.T.F. Has Financial
Support for TennisRelated Projects
The New England Senior Tennis Foundation is soliciting proposals for
programs which will support and promote the goals of the Foundation which
are: to promote tennis among senior adults (45 and older for men and 40 and
older for women) in New England and, by instruction and education through
the operation of clinics, programs and competitive events, to enhance their
physical and mental well-being and thereby their quality of life. The Board
of Directors of the Foundation will award a grant of up to $2,000 to an individual or organization that submits a proposal that is consistent with the above
goals. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2013. The program can be
run any time in 2013. If you have any questions on your idea for a program
you may call George Ulrich at 860-443-2098. Please consider submitting a
proposal using the attached form.
NEW ENGLAND SENIOR TENNIS
FOUNDATION, INC.
PROGRAM GRANT REQUEST
Description of Program:
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Budget for Program (Please provide breakdown of all expenses,
e.g. salaries, materials, equipment, court rental, etc.)
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Grant Policy / Discussion
Our policy, as stated in our program grant request, is to “promote tennis among seniors in New England and by instruction and education through the operation of clinics, programs
and competitive events, to enhance their phsycial and mental
well being and thereby their quality of life.”
This is a good general statement but in the review of grant
requests other considerations arise. We are guided by the following:
Grant requests, where appropriate, are considered as seed
money only, and that after a short period of time, grantees
should become self-supporting.
We have been following a policy of partial funding,
and require grantees to tap other sources including participants.
As a matter of administrative policy, we request that grantees
report to us in detail as to the success of their ventures and
how the grant was spent. We also ask grantees make participants aware that NESTF is providing financial assistance.
George Ulrich
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Date(s) Program will be run:___________________________________
Geographic Location of Program:_ _____________________________
Number of Seniors Expected to Participate in Program:____________
____________________________________________________________
Goals and Objectives of Program:_______________________________
____________________________________________________________
Mail to:______________________________________________________
Contact Person for Program:
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Telephone_ __________________________________________________
Telephone
George Ulrich
New England Senior Tennis Foundation, Inc.
6 Shore Rd
Waterford, CT 06385
Tel. 860-443-2098
Fax 860-437-3175
e-mail: [email protected]
The Atlantic Coast Cup Grant, named for Ray Barbero,
a former captain of the New England team for ten
years, is to be given to the Men's Atlantic Coast team.
We look forward to receiving some worthwhile ideas. Let us hear from you! – Donations to NESTF
are accepted at any time.
2012 Addie Cup Champs
Captain Molly Hahn holding trophy
Three all-time legends of the tennis world

New England Men`s 55`s Team Grinds Out Fourpeat with Atlantic

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