Sad to hear that tennis legend Jack Kramer passed away this weekend at the age of 88. I met the man once in the Last 8 Club enclosure at Wimbledon a decade ago. But my strongest connection with him was using the Jack Kramer Autograph tennis racquet from Wilson--a ubiquitous frame (wood, of course) when I was growing up. The Kramer Autograph was my first "adult" racquet--the one I used while learning the ins and outs of the game. Any touch I have now comes from having learned the sport before the shift to oversize racquet heads and composite materials.
I picked up a couple of the Kramer frames on eBay a few years back and take them out from time to time to hit "old school" style. Man, you have to WORK to hit the ball with any kind of serious pace!
