Tennis in Utah — The First Fifty Years, 1885-1935 BY AFTON BRADFORD BRADSHAW
a wide variety of games and recreational activities, tennis is not one of the sports usually associated with the frontier. Horse racing, pugilism, cricket, baseball, skating, hunting, and fishing were all popular in early Utah and the West, but tennis was considered the pastime of the eastern elite. After all, tennis began in England on the gracious lawns of estates and clubs of the well-born and wealthy. After the game was introduced to the United States in 1874, it remained mainly the sport of urban socialites until after World War I. A L T H O U G H WESTERN PIONEERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACED
Mrs. Bradshaw earned a master's degree in history at the University of Utah in 1983. Many people have provided information for this study, but particular thanks are due David L. Freed, Utah's "Mr. Tennis," for valuable information and insight. Salt Lake Tennis Club at its Forest Dale location was the site of USLTA National Clay Court Championships in 1947. Photographfrom official program, courtesy of David L. Freed.
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