WAY BACK WHEN – Fast Action at the “Flying A” Studio

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Betsy J. Green is a Santa Barbara historian and author. Her books are available in local bookstores, and at Amazon.com. (Shop local if you can.) Learn...
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Fairbanks was famous for his energy (Laugh and Live, Douglas Fairbanks, 1917)

Dateline: May 1925

There seemed to be a lot of activity at the old “Flying A” movie studio, but it wasn’t movie making. “A team of six players from the Fairbanks-Pickford studios in Hollywood defeated the Montecito team seven matches to one in a game of Doug at the Flying A Studios yesterday afternoon.

“The game, evolved by Douglas Fairbanks, more for training than anything else, is a cross between tennis, volleyball and badminton, an old English game. Its purpose is to give the greatest amount of exercise in the least possible time.”

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