Antitennis

The tennis coach, Allie Ritzenberg, was sent to Port au Prince, Haiti, by the State Department, and he came in for considerable congressional attention. / Rep. John J. Rooney (D-NY) led the antitennis bloc.

Nancy, the next important woman in Martina's life, would say irately that Rita Mae wanted Martina to give up tennis and become an architect or a lawyer. Although Rita Mae denies that she suggested any specific career, she does admit there was an antitennis impetus.