Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Tennis Anyone?

I know, this is not a tennis blog.  But I need a place to post the following article my girlfriend wrote about her father's tennis career.  2019 will be the 80th anniversary of Don McNeill's around the world tennis trip, which culminated in him winning the French (now called 'Open") National Tennis Championship at Stade Roland Garros, in Paris.  We are starting a Go Fund Me campaign to raise money to send Margaret to Paris for this year's Semi-Final and Finals matches.  I have linked the Go Fund Me campaign to this page because the articles and photos won't fit on the GFM page.  Thanks for your patience:

If you are interested in donating, here is a link to the Go Fund Me campaign:

https://www.gofundme.com/don-mcneill-memorial-trip-to-french-open





Below is a copy of a letter Don wrote to his fraternity brothers from India.  It was published in the February 1939 issue of Kenyon College magazine HIKA.



Chaparral & Cobra Winning Ways Continued at Watkins Glen





Here is an interesting sequence of Hal Keck having a moment at Watkins Glen: