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Title
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Tennis out of the Ice Age
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Description
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Article about the incongruous beginnings of the World Championship tennis league in the city, with the first court set up on a sheet of ice inside the American Royal Arena.
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Date
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1977-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Net Loss
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Description
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Article announces that the Kansas City Explorers professional tennis team will relocate to Irving, Texas. Details regarding the Explorers' history in Kansas City are provided. City officials are interviewed and discuss the team's decision.
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Date
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2013-02-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Historic Club Seeks New Home
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Description
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Article about Rockhill Tennis Club's departure from 4520 Kenwood Avenue also tells about the history of the Club and building. At its previous location, 48th and Oak, the Club was host to the 1928 Davis Cup and tournaments that attracted many of the biggest tennis stars of its day. Neighbors fought the move to Kenwood in 1955 but opposed its ouster by the Nelson-Atkins Museum. The Club has purchased the former Nelly Don home but has met opposition from neighbors in the Crestwood area.
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Date
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2010-06-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Love-82: Leo Feingold's Lifetime of Tennis
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Leo Feingold, an 82-year-old top-ranked tennis player for his age group, born in New York in 1915. Description of his life and career, starting the sport as an adolescent and becoming a military officer in World War II before moving to Kansas City with his new wife in about 1945.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Matilda Shelden
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Description
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Photo and description of Matilda Dallmeyer Shelden, or Matilda Shelden, wife of Dr. Frank Shelden ("a noted tennis star") and member of the upper house of the City Council in 1924, "member of the Woman's City Club, past president of the Kansas City Rose Society in 1947, a musette of the Kansas City Museum, and active in the Second Presbyterian Church."
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Virginia Slims Gals to Make KC Stop
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Description
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Article about the professional women's Virginia Slims tennis tournament in town.
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Date
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1978-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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