Originally Posted by Chris R
He was a terrific 3rd baseman from Dayton too.
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Mike's parents, Jack and Lois, owned the now-closed Philipps Aquatic Club swimming pool/club at the intersection of Leo Street and Keowee Street. I didn't realize that until I was older and had stopped going there.
Great place, I had so much fun there. Shame to see places like that close. Huge pool. 5? diving boards at a separate diving-only pool. Putt putt golf. Attached restaurant. Basketball. Hand table tennis game.
Playground. Sauna. Big jacuzzi. Workout room. Huge locker room. Video game room. They don't make places like that anymore. Kind of like the old NCR/Old River pool, a relic of the past.
There is sort of a similar swim club on the west side of Cincinnati, Phillips Swim Club, that I have actually been to once, still open, I wonder if there is any relation, Phillips spelled differently.