Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1939
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Miss Vera Schrems of Saginaw, shown above, romped through her first set in the Michigan novice tennis tournament this morning at Palmer Field, without the loss of a game, winning 6-0 from Miss Christine Van Loo of Kalamazoo. Miss Schrems then dropped a hard-fought second set by a 6-4 score and Miss Van Loo continued to win the match by taking the final set 6-1. The semi-finals and finals in the tournament will be played tomorrow at Palmer Field.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1939
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REACHED WOMEN'S FINALS: Miss Sally Sessions, left, of Muskegon and Miss Virignia Bradford of Flint, shown on the right above, both flashed sweet smiles for the photographer before they engaged in their match yesterday afternoon at Palmer Field in the finals of the women's singles in the Michigan state novice tennis tournament. Miss Sessions won the title by scores of 6-1, 8-6 in the finals.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1939
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Here are the four trophy winners in the Michigan novice tennis tournament which ended yesterday at Palmer Field. The four finalists shown above were survivors of an original field of more than 2,600 novice players who competed in district, regional, city and state tournaments. Flint had the unusual distinction of placing three players in yesterday's finals. In the top picture the three Flint players are Pat Sweeney, left, who won the men's singles title; Miss Virginia Bradford, center, who was runner-up in the women's finals and Don Mooers, right, who was runner-up to Sweeney. Miss Sally Sessions of Muskegon, the only player to break the Flint monopoly, is shown executing on of her well-played shots which helped her gain the women's singles crown.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1939
Caption:
Here are the four trophy winners in the Michigan novice tennis tournament which ended yesterday at Palmer Field. The four finalists shown above were survivors of an original field of more than 2,600 novice players who competed in district, regional, city and state tournaments. Flint had the unusual distinction of placing three players in yesterday's finals. In the top picture [this photo] the three Flint players are Pat Sweeney, left, who won the men's singles title; Miss Virginia Bradford, center, who was runner-up in the women's finals and Don Mooers, right, who was runner-up to Sweeney. Miss Sally Sessions of Muskegon, the only player to break the Flint monopoly, is shown executing on of her well-played shots which helped her gain the women's singles crown.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 3, 1939
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PLAY IN STATE TOURNEY SATURDAY: Here are Ann Arbor's two representatives in the Michigan state novice women's tournament starting Saturday morning at Palmer Field. Miss Beatrice Massman, left, and Miss Jean Johnson, right, are shown talking things over at the net after a practice round at the Palmer Field Courts. They will play their opening round matches at 9 o'clock Saturday morning.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1939
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HAVE REACHED TENNIS FINALS: All of these local tennis players shown above will be competing in the finals of the Ann Arbor News and city tennis tournaments at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Plamer Field. They all qualified for the finals yesterday by winning their semi-final matches. Upper left is Jean Johnson, hard-serving and hard-smashing girl, who has been playing an excellent brand of tennis in the novice division. She meets Beatrice Massman, upper right, in the finals of the Ann Arbor News tournament. Lower center is C. M. Pelto, who put out several of the tournament favorites on his way to the novice finals. Lower left [this photo] is Dr. Perry MacNeal, who plays Pelto Sunday for the novice title. Lower right shows Ed Morris of this year’s Michigan varsity, who won a thrilling three set match from Bob Angell yesterday in the men’s open singles. Angell was a member of the Michigan team in 1920 and 1921.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1939
Caption:
HAVE REACHED TENNIS FINALS: All of these local tennis players shown above will be competing in the finals of the Ann Arbor News and city tennis tournaments at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Plamer Field. They all qualified for the finals yesterday by winning their semi-final matches. Upper left is Jean Johnson, hard-serving and hard-smashing girl, who has been playing an excellent brand of tennis in the novice division. She meets Beatrice Massman, upper right [this photo], in the finals of the Ann Arbor News tournament. Lower center is C. M. Pelto, who put out several of the tournament favorites on his way to the novice finals. Lower left is Dr. Perry MacNeal, who plays Pelto Sunday for the novice title. Lower right shows Ed Morris of this year’s Michigan varsity, who won a thrilling three set match from Bob Angell yesterday in the men’s open singles. Angell was a member of the Michigan team in 1920 and 1921.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1939
Caption:
HAVE REACHED TENNIS FINALS: All of these local tennis players shown above will be competing in the finals of the Ann Arbor News and city tennis tournaments at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Plamer Field. They all qualified for the finals yesterday by winning their semi-final matches. Upper left is Jean Johnson, hard-serving and hard-smashing girl, who has been playing an excellent brand of tennis in the novice division. She meets Beatrice Massman, upper right, in the finals of the Ann Arbor News tournament. Lower center [this photo] is C. M. Pelto, who put out several of the tournament favorites on his way to the novice finals. Lower left is Dr. Perry MacNeal, who plays Pelto Sunday for the novice title. Lower right shows Ed Morris of this year’s Michigan varsity, who won a thrilling three set match from Bob Angell yesterday in the men’s open singles. Angell was a member of the Michigan team in 1920 and 1921.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 28, 1939
Caption:
HAVE REACHED TENNIS FINALS: All of these local tennis players shown above will be competing in the finals of the Ann Arbor News and city tennis tournaments at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Plamer Field. They all qualified for the finals yesterday by winning their semi-final matches. Upper left [this photo] is Jean Johnson, hard-serving and hard-smashing girl, who has been playing an excellent brand of tennis in the novice division. She meets Beatrice Massman, upper right [this photo], in the finals of the Ann Arbor News tournament. Lower center is C. M. Pelto, who put out several of the tournament favorites on his way to the novice finals. Lower left is Dr. Perry MacNeal, who plays Pelto Sunday for the novice title. Lower right shows Ed Morris of this year’s Michigan varsity, who won a thrilling three set match from Bob Angell yesterday in the men’s open singles. Angell was a member of the Michigan team in 1920 and 1921.