More importantly boxers from "Gypsey" Joe Harris to Bennie Briscoe to
Marvin Hagler to Willie "The Worm" Monro to "Boogaloo" Watts... :)
P
i've been there. i grew up near philly. used to go to connie mack all the time too.
you mention all those boxers but leave out Philly's own (IIRC) Smokin'
Joe Frazier?!
Wrong... 8;)
-- Larry (Jersey guy)
... and Big 5 basketball (in addition to the Palestra).
-- Larry
>you mention all those boxers but leave out Philly's own (IIRC) Smokin'
>Joe Frazier?!
... and Joey Giardello?
-- Larry
Saw Sampras there, back in... Back in the early nineties. Forget the
year, forget the opponent. Hated the venue, though.
Happy to have guessed wrong about Wendy being the only other one around
here to have attended that old Philly tournament at the Spectrum :-)
When I came back from Nam in 1970 was when I got really involved in
playing tennis. Living in Princeton, the WCT Philly event was my
"home" pro tournament from '71 until moving to DC in '83. I was a
volunteer worker there for about half of those years, even though it
was a bear of a commute due to the weather in January/February. I
never went after '83, though, getting involved with the DC event
(Sovran Classic) instead.
And, of course, the Fernbergers are two of the most important American
behind-the-scenes tennis people in the open era. It was a great
tournament.
What years were you there, John?
-- Larry