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D9252-1
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- 1940-01-05 (Creation)
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On January 9, 1940 the Tacoma Elks handball team took on the men from the Washington Athletic Club of Seattle in the first Puget Sound Handball League match of the season. Tacoma's team had already been proclaimed the "greatest Tacoma has ever known." The team was comprised of (kneeling, left to right) Bill Boudwin, manager; Orville Stewart and Art Ziegler. Standing are (left to right) Harry Westbrook, Al Howe, Bob Holder and Fred Osmers. The popularity of handball among the Elks had increased with the addition of two courts at the Elks Club. The courts proved popular as a way to keep fit. They were 44 feet long by 22 feet wide and 22 feet high, with a gallery that could seat 100; they were said to have the best lighting of any courts on the Pacific coast. (T. Times 1/9/1940, pg. 10)
Elks Club (Tacoma); Clubs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Handball--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sport clothes; Athletes--Tacoma;