Recent content by sstes

That's weird. I guess the system blots out the name of the auction web site I said.

I called the USTA archivist today and he said that they have almost nothing in the archives from before the 80's and he wishes they did. He said that it sounds like a very unusual racquet and advised me of another person to contact. Nobody has seen it, nobody knows anything about it. I guess the...

I am leaning toward the oddball. Maybe between that, the Abercrombie collectors, and any collectors for the defunct "U.S.L.T.A." name will be a good thing. I can hope anyway. Seems I am not finding out much of anything more about it or it's history yet. The mystery continues.... Here is another...

Very nice. I also read up on the history of Abercrombie hoping it would give me some additional clues but no such luck. This racquet would be pre 1975, and, going by the obituary for Jay Monroe, I would date it between 1959 and 1975. I have sent out a few emails in hopes of finding out more but...

Ok, but that is a different racquet and I have no idea who "Stan Jaret" is. If this is a common racquet I can't find anything like it anywhere. Also, I would think that the combination of that with the well known Abercrombie name, the U.S.L.T.A. endorsement, and the fact that it was used in...

Are you meaning the "Stan Jaret" one you were talking about?

Hello everyone. I recently came across a racquet and am having a hard time finding out much information about it. Hoping someone here might be able to enlighten me. It has a cover with the following information: "Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, by Tensor, United States...