Trivia Questions 8/26

Using your knowledge of Princeton Tennis and its players, and/or the “Winners” Menu can you find:

7.  Have family members ever won in the same year, while not playing together?

Based on your knowledge of Princeton and/or using the Princeton Historical Society website:

8.  What might be considered a trade mark of keeping Princeton tennis going all these years?

 Look for more questions and these answers next Wednesday.

 Trivia Answers 8/19

5.  Has the same person ever won 2 events in the same year?

Yes – 10 times so far!

  • Alfred Whitney won the mixed with Gen Abbott and the men’s with Bill Densmore in 1953.
  • Mike Kraft won the mixed with Nancy Littlefield and the men’s with Dennis Moore in 1955.
  • In 1972 Jud Goodnow won the mixed with Sydney Camp and the men’s with Fred Trafton.
  • Margaret Trafton won the mixed in 1973 with George Parker II, and the women’s with Lynn McNair.
  • Geoffrey Parker won the mixed with Louise Hotaling in 1976, and the men’s with William Morgan.
  • In 1977 Jim Perry won with Heidi Goodnow in the mixed and with Dennis Pomerleau in the men’s.
  • Terry Hart won the mixed with Betsy Johnson and the men’s with Herb Maynard in 1978.
  • In 1985 Darlene Paradise won the women’s event with Priscilla Foresteire and the mixed with Rusty Sampson.
  • Pauline Smith won the mixed and the women’s events in 1989; her partners were Steve Recupero and Steffanie Catanese, respectively.
  • Lorene Washburn won both the women’s and the mixed events in 2000 with Caroline Brooks and Larry Sigler as partners.

6.  When, how, and by whom was Pine Hill Swim and Tennis club get started?

1973PineHillMensWebPine Hill’s beginning was much like that of PTC. A group of tennis players were contacted by Madeline Russell and “rented” the Russell’s single court located on Mirick Road by helping out with the court maintenance.

In 1966, when Madeline Russell decided to sell the land, The Claghorn’s bought the court and adjacent land (15 acres), and then in turn, sold the court and half the land to a group of seven families who wanted to form the Pine Hill Swim and Tennis Club (Howe, McNair, Claghorn, Milton, Washburn, Trostel & Webster). They solicited 30 members, collected a bond, and, as they say, ”the rest is history”.

Two 10’ x 16’ motel cottages were purchased and much volunteer work was given to get the club ready as soon as possible. A second tennis court was added and the original court redone with the swimming pool christened at a party where all the members jumped in at once in late July 1967.