Using your knowledge of Princeton Tennis and its players, and/or the “Winners” Menu can you find:
9. Who had the most consecutive wins?
Based on your knowledge of Princeton and/or using the Princeton Historical Society website:
10. In what year, did Princeton have more working tennis courts per capita of population than any other city or town in Massachusetts, and where were these courts located?
Look for more questions and these answers next Saturday.
Trivia Answers 8/26
7. Have family members ever won in the same year, while not playing together?
Yes – 7 times thus far!
- Mollie Guiles won the mixed in 1950 with Van Eghen, and Phil Guiles won the men’s with Alfred Whitney.
- In 1956 Bob Whitney won the men’s with Jay Goodnow, and Alfred Whitney won the mixed with Adore Bice.
- The Goodnow family had a monopoly in 1971: Jud Goodnow won the mixed (with Donna Howard) and the men’s (with David Hall), and Heidi Goodnow won the women’s with Judith Riberio.
- In 1974 Tim Goodnow won the mixed with Rosalind Waters, and Heidi Goodnow won the women’s with Betsy Hall.
- William Morgan won the men’s with Geoffrey Parker in 1976, and Edie Morgan won the women’s that same year with Tracy Loysen.
- In 1991 Geri Novia won the mixed with Steve Tiarks, and Jack Novia won the men’s with Bud Brooks.
- In 2004, Wayne Lilley won the men’s with Richy Bisk, and Helga Lilley won the women’s with Lorene Washburn.
8. What might be considered a trade mark of keeping Princeton tennis going all these years?
One trade mark to Princeton tennis has been getting the young people of the town to play at an early age. Many people have been involved with this activity through the years, but key people seem to have been Ted Densmore, Dan Hart, and now Terry Hart.
Ted worked primarily with the children around Russell’s corner, while Dan was the first to work with children from all over the area. He gave tennis lessons in many neighboring towns and in the school gym on Saturday mornings. He was constantly striving to make tennis available to the young and not so young of Princeton.
Today, Terry, Dan’s youngest son, is continuing the family tradition by providing tennis lessons twice a week during the summer months. He also works tirelessly to maintain the Dan Hart court behind the Prince of Peace Church in order that the young people of Princeton will have a place to play tennis. We all owe these people out deepest gratitude, because it is people like this which make Princeton such a very special place to live and return.