Racket, tennis

Object/Artifact

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Racket, tennis

Entry/Object ID

2009.23.1

Description

Tennis Racket- used by Jim Beaty when he was defeated by Marilyn Kropf Appel in a challenge match that put Kropf Appel at the No. 5 rank of the 1946 Lincoln High School Mens Tennis Team. She became the first woman in a Tacoma high school to play on an interscholastic team.

Made/Created

Date made

1946

Lexicon

Search Terms

tennis

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Lincoln High School, Pacific Northwest Junior Women's Singles Championship, University of Washington, Mercer Island High School, Jack Kramer Country Club, Blue Ridge Tennis Club, Seattle Tennis Club, Washington State Sports Hall of Fame, Jim Appel

Person or Organization

Kropf, Marilyn

Person or Organization

Beaty, Jim