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← November Sporting Memorabilia 7th & 8th November 2011

Scarce and full autographs of the tennis players Perry T. Jones, William Ewing 'Slew' Hester and David Lester Freed, the first two are Hall of Famers,

Hammer Price:
£70
Estimated Price:

£70 - £100

Scarce and full autographs of the tennis players Perry T. Jones, William Ewing 'Slew' Hester and David Lester Freed, the first two are Hall of Famers, and the third was a U.S. Davis Cup captain Perry Jones (1890-1970) was the czar of California tennis for 30 years, president of the Southern California Tennis Association, director of the Pacific Southwest tennis tournament and U.S. Davis Cup captain (1958-59). He entered the Hall of Fame in 1970. Slew Hester (1912-1993) was the USTA president (1977-78) who led the U.S. Open move from Forest Hills to Flushing Meadows where a 20,000 seat stadium was built from scratch in less than a year. He was a USTA officer (1060-77) and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1981. David Freed of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., was the U.S. Davis Cup captain (l960 and 1961) where he won 8 of 10 team matches. He was a USLTA board member for over 3 decades and served as secretary of the Intermountain section of the USLTA for over 30 years. not illustrated