Aquaplanes Carry TENNIS to Sea (Sep, 1931)
Aquaplanes Carry TENNIS to Sea
IT JUST had to come! With a mile-long waiting line at the public tennis courts of most cities, the devotees of the sport just had to find some place to play; and as a net across the pavement might interfere with traffic to a certain extent there was no place left except the wide-open spaces of lake, river, ocean, or what kind of water have you in your neighborhood?
Aquaplane tennis, which started in the South last winter and rapidly obtained a foothold at the northern resorts during the summer, requires three speed boats, two aquaplanes, four bathing beauties and a lot of water. If the service is rotten you can always go swimming. It’s a great racket even if it is all wet!
Cool, back to the crazyness. 2 beauties right by the boat, one on a smooth deck, two lines and a net to get tangled in, and a propeller – what could go wrong? Where is the ball boy?
Comment by Myles — March 5, 2010 @ 10:24 am
We don’t talk about the ball boy after that terrible accident on the first trip out.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — March 5, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
My friends and I are crazy for aquaplane tennis. We get together every Sunday afternoon for a few games, then hit the beach for shrimps on the barbie! It seems like you hear about a new aquaplane tennis club opening every day. Last year our town’s high school aquaplane tennis team went to the state finals!
Last one in is chum!
Comment by Repack Rider — March 5, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
Why do I think that the boss got one of the staff writers to write an article so he could justify running a picture of scantily-clad women?
Comment by Charlene — March 6, 2010 @ 10:03 pm