Ron: “I’m thankful … for the good fortune I had to cover tennis during the sport’s boom years.”

Ron covered tennis in the ’70s at the Memphis Press-Scimitar and then at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the ’80s and ’90s, producing well over 700
articles on everything from junior tennis to city tournaments to professional tennis at the highest levels.

Cobb on the court.

Ron also played the game. He lettered at the University of Missouri, then later won four St. Louis District titles in the men’s 35s.