[1] However, as the "Czar" of Southern California tennis he threw up many roadblocks in the early career of Billie Jean King.
[3] Jones set up his office at the Los Angeles Tennis Club (LATC) with his secretary, Doris Cooke, and made the Club and the Southern California Tennis Association famous through his junior development patrons network.
It reached from Santa Barbara to San Diego and came together at the LATC to produce a steady stream of world-class tennis players.
Dubbed "the cradle of tennis", Jones mentored men players: Ellsworth Vines, Bob Falkenburg, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzales, Ted Schroeder, Bobby Riggs, Mike Franks, Stan Smith, Rafael Osuna, Dennis Ralston, Arthur Ashe, Charlie Pasarell, and women players: Pauline Betz, Louise Brough, Dodo Cheney, Maureen Connolly, Billie Jean King and Karen Hantze.
[4] Jones believed in schooling, cleanliness, proper attire, and sportsmanship when helping players develop into champions.