MONUMENTAL.ISN'T IT DISMAL TO SEE THE way so many of our stadiums and arenas are being named after the capitalists who bought the team and bankrolled (or had the public bankroll bank·roll n. 1. A roll of paper money. 2. Informal One's ready cash. tr.v. bank·rolled, bank·roll·ing, bank·rolls Informal ) the massive temple in which the team plays? How inspiring it is to enter a glamorous edifice called "The Cement Mixers Union Dot Com dot com - com Stadium" or the "76ers First Union Center Arena." And that is why we are tipping our bonnet (with all the frills Frills see frilled. upon it) to the U.S. Tennis Assn. for the class it has displayed in naming its tennis temples. It named its first stadium after the greatest jazz musician of the millennium, Louis Armstrong. (Louie practically invented jazz and everyone who has ever blown a horn owes him a debt of gratitude.) And what can you do for an encore after such an inspired performance? Just what the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association did--named its latest superstructure after the most revered tennis player of our time, Arthur Ashe Noun 1. Arthur Ashe - United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993) Arthur Robert Ashe, Ashe . Two for two is great hitting, in any baptismal league. |
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