PRINTER'S NO. 3648
No. 479 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BIRMELIN, DENT, READSHAW, BOSCOLA, WOJNAROSKI,
BELARDI, CAPPABIANCA, CALTAGIRONE, FARGO, ITKIN, MELIO,
LAUGHLIN, FICHTER, CORRIGAN, PESCI, TRELLO, GEIST, B. SMITH,
MANDERINO, SHANER, ROONEY, JAROLIN, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE,
OLASZ, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, M. COHEN, FORCIER, MASLAND, HARHAI,
CLYMER, MARSICO, L. I. COHEN, HERSHEY, BAKER AND LEH,
JUNE 3, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 3, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating July 18 through 25, 1998, as "Don Budge Week" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, In 1938 Don Budge, currently a resident of Dingmans
4 Ferry, Pike County, Pennsylvania, became the first person to win
5 the national titles of four tennis powers: Australia, Great
6 Britain, France and the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, This accomplishment in tennis is known as the Tennis
8 Grand Slam; and
9 WHEREAS, To date, the record set by Don Budge has not been
10 equaled by another American tennis player; and
11 WHEREAS, The Budge record stands as one of the longest and
12 may be the longest United States athletic streak in a major
13 sport; and
14 WHEREAS, Don Budge has been rated one of the two best all-
15 time great players in a computer simulation comparing match
1 records of all the great players; and
2 WHEREAS, Don Budge is credited with pioneering modern power
3 tennis; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate July 18
5 through 25, 1998, as "Don Budge Week" in Pennsylvania.
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