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Tennis Memorabilia
5 Lots
 Lot 271. 15 1922-24 Mid-Week Pictorials - Football Boxing, Olympics, Golf, Tennis Photos. Complete issues of the weekly New York Times tabloid, most with 24 pages. The Summer Olympics are the topic of two-page spreads in two 1924 issues. A related full-page photo shows Helen Wills, 1924 tennis gold medal winner. Two editions have football covers: Walter Taylor, NYU captain and Bill Mallory, Yale captain. An Army-Navy game photo occupies two pages. Boxing receives extensive coverage. There are four full pages on the upcoming Firpo-Dempsey bout and pictures of Greb, Johnny Wilson, Carpentier (full page), Leonard, Ciriqui and Willard. A 1924 issue has two pages on the U.S. Open Golf Tournament won by Cyril Walker. Elsewhere, photos capture Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Track and field is represented by Charles Paddock in multiple photos. The Sept. 21, 1922 issue has a rare photo of an African-American athlete, Dehart Hubbard, a broad jumper from the U. of Michigan. Other interesting figures are Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, and Mary Pickford. Most issues are separated at the spine, and the paper is brittle with edge chips and tears. Most photos are unaffected, or only minimally affected. Some covers have pencil notations.
Winning Bid $68.
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 Lot 314. World Team Tennis 1975 All-Star Booklet, 1974 Pittsburgh Triangles Photos. On May 6, 1974, the Pittsburgh Triangles played the first ever World Team Tennis match. The WTT folded in 1978. Three 8” x 10” b&w photos represent the inaugural season of the Pittsburgh team. They are Ken Rosewall, the Triangles’ coach, Isabel Fernandez, and their best woman player, Evonne Goolagong. Vg-ex: the Goolagong photo has a 1” tear at the bottom. The 48-page booklet is titled Tennis Tips: 1975 World Team Tennis All-Star Team. It contains advice from 40 All-Stars. Ex-m.
Minimum Bid $25.
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