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Platform Tennis (often called "paddle", despite other sports with similar names) is a racquet sport derived from tennis, developed in 1928 in Scarsdale, New York by James Cogswell and Fessenden Blanchard.〔Cruice, Valerie. ("On Tap: Platform Tennis" ), ''The New York Times'', October 9, 1994. Accessed July 29, 2013. "Platform tennis -- nicknamed paddle -- got its start in 1928 in Scarsdale, N.Y., when Fessenden F. Blanchard and James K. Cogswell sought an outdoor game as a winter substitute for tennis. By 1935 the game had gained enough momentum for the first national championship to be held at the Fox Meadow Club in Scarsdale."〕
==Development==
Cogswell and Fessenden had been seeking to develop a sport that could be played outdoors during the winter. The original platform they constructed was long and wide, dimensions that were dictated by the Cogswell property's steep slope and constrained by the presence of a large rock.〔Keese, Parton. ("Born in a County; Backyard" ), ''The New York Times'', February 20, 1977. Accessed July 29, 2013. "These standards were actually determined by the fact that a huge rock on the Cogswell estate prevented the court from being any wider; and a precipitous hill at the end of the yard dictated the court's length."〕〔 The court was too small for volleyball and the overhanging foliage precluded badminton, two alternatives that Cogswell and Fessenden had considered, leaving a form of deck tennis as the only option that they deemed viable.〔(Scarsdale neighbors found Platform (Paddle) Tennis ), Platform Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed July 29, 2013.〕 Cogswell found paddle tennis equipment in a sporting goods store and started using it on their court after lowering the net that they had used to play deck tennis.〔(Perfect equipment already exists ), Platform Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed July 29, 2013.〕 As the balls they used tended to go out of play, fencing was added, rising from an initial height of up to as of 1932. The dimensions of by were expanded to the by size of a badminton court. As this left a narrow strip out of play between the court and the fencing, the fences were put into play and players were allowed to hit the ball after it hit off of the fence.〔(The move from Paddle Tennis to Platform Paddle Tennis begins and the wires come into play with a “ground rule” ), Platform Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed July 29, 2013.〕 The court dimensions expanded to their final size in 1932, making it equivalent to one-quarter the size of a standard tennis court.〔(Court size and dimensions set ), Platform Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed July 29, 2013.〕 In 1935, Scarsdale's Fox Meadow Club hosted the first national championship.〔
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