HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: spitz@irb.uni-hannover.de (Jan Spitzkowsky)
Subject: self made floodlight
Organization: IRB Uni-Hannover, Germany
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:03:01 GMT


Hello,

I built a floodlight on one of our courts with my tennis team last month 
in hannover. (I'm german, my tennis is better than my english and i don't 
play very well. Please excuse me.) Now it's ready and so we had some floodlit 
matches last nights.
The problem is that we are very unexpierenced on the correct illumination of 
a court and we would like to improve the situation.
The court has six poles with two 500 W lights each. Two of them are near the 
net and the other four between the T-Line and the baseline. Additional we 
have four 500 W lights 1 m behind the baseline on the fence of the court. 
The poles are 5 m high and the fence has 2.5 m.

 .......^          ^^              ^^               ^^          ^........
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 .          ------------------------|-----------------------            .
 .         |                        |                       |           .
 .         |------------------------|-----------------------|           .
 .         |            |           |          |            |           .
 .         |            |           |          |            |           .
 .         |            |           |          |            |           .
 .         |            |-----------|----------|            |           .
 .         |            |           |          |            |           .
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 .         |                        |                       |           .
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 .......v          vv               vv              vv          v........
   \                                 \              /
    \                                 \            /
    fence (2.5 m high)                 pole (5 m high)


The whole floodlight has 8000 W and we are interested in the correct angles 
of the lamps. If it's necessary, we are able to raise the poles for about 2 m
and to rearrange the four lamps on the fence. We can change the lamps from 
the poles to the fence, but we are not able to change the position of the 
poles.
If someone has an idea to position the lamps for a better illumination, 
please give me an answer in the news.
If someone is interested in the costs of a self made floodlight, you can 
call me, too.

My address is:
  Jan Spitzkowsky, Hahnenstr. 3, 3000 Hannover 1, Germany
  email: spitz@irb.uni_hannover.de

Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: ratte@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de (  Cordula Reineke  )
Subject: Etiquette (was: Re: Tournament Results: Oct 7)
Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:03:39 GMT

In article <43884@ogicse.ogi.edu> ericm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Eric Means) writes:
>
... stuff deleted ...

>I realized that those points really weren't much of a contest
>for anyone involved. I wondered, should I have backed off a
>bit?  Was I being a court bully, blasting her off the court
>instead of starting a fun rally?  What would my competitive
>female teammate have felt had I started easing off on my serve
>to the woman, and risking the point?
>
>At risk of being flamed by net readers, I thought I'd ask the
>net if there is any such etiquette for mixed doubles.
>Thanks.
>
Well, there will be as many opinions on that as answers, I suppose.
Recently I read a few lines about a similar problem in a tennis magazine,
telling that one (male) player hit the ball right onto the body of the
female player of the other team (and made the point) several times. When
the male player of the other team did the same to the very goodlooking
woman on the other side, the spectators wouldn't stop whisteling...

In a tournament your partner will probably be a little ... angry (not to
use stronger expressions...) if you eased your serve. If you have a good
first service, you're lucky - and such is life.
But if you play the match for fun it's no use playing a serve without
getting any return, that's for sure.

Cordula


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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: jason@cs.uq.oz.au (Jin Song Dong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Aust Indoor 3rd Round Result.
Date: 8 Oct 92 23:56:42 GMT
Reply-To: jason@cs.uq.oz.au

Lendl won the 3rd Round very easily, 6:2, 6:4 to Woodforde.
There was a bad call for Woodforde, but that would not effect the result at all.
Lendl will play Krajicek at quat-final tonight.(hope Lendl go through).

Big upset for  Andre Agassi lost in straight sets to the German Kroon(spelling?).

Ivanisevic also won very easily 6:4, 6:4, but only serve 4 aces(surprise!).

Edberg won another close match (can not remember the result, but another guy
has three set point.).
Edberg will play McEnroe at quat-final today.
From: t9014143@phillip.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Graf GIF's
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:52:53 GMT
Organization: RMIT (Bundoora Campus)

Did anybody get a clue as to where those Tennis GIF's are.
I did here about
			info.???.edu

	but the uploads directory is cleared after 3 days. I was obviously
	late.

		Does anybody have another address.


	Please post to me at one of the addresses below if you do.

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: Paul Schroeder
Subject: Re: RACQUETS (thin and wide bodied)
Organization: BNR
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 13:52:00 GMT

In article <26192@oasys.dt.navy.mil> venkatac@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ravanasamudram
Venkatachalam) writes:
[stuff deleted]
>Additionally, I am interested in getting a thin composite racquet, but
>none of the tennis shops carry them.  The names Dunlop 200 max g and
>the original prostaff have appeared in the net before, but if I am not
>mistaken, they are also 22mm in width which is the same width as the
>prostaff classic, which I think is too wide for me.  The Dunlop 200
>G and the original prostaff also are not carried in the shops.  So what
>does one do in a situation like this?
>

I own an original Pro Staff, formerly owned a Pro Staff Classic, and can state
with certainty that they are not of the same width.  I don't have the specs
handy but guess that if indeed the PSC is 22mm wide then the original PS would
be around 16-17mm.  The PSC is not a true wide-body (like the Profiles and Pro
Staff x.y line), but in no way is the original PS a wide-body.  I'm not sure
about the Dunlop 200G but guess that it is not as wide as the PSC either. 

Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
Subject: Re: WANTED:DONNAY BORG PRO RACKET
Followup-To: rec.sport.tennis
Summary: Why?
Organization: Gainfully unemployed
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:27:34 GMT

In article <Aeo71cS00iUy42z4Uj@andrew.cmu.edu> "Anil N. Balchandani" <ab29+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Hi there,
>    I am in need of a Donnay Borg Pro tennis racket.  Its the old one
>that Bjorn Borg used in his hay-days.  If anyone has one and wants to
>get rid of it, I would love to buy it.

Just out of curiosity:

Why?

(BTW, it's "heyday", not "hay-days".  I don't think Bjorn became a farmer (-: )

(Reason I ask?  I have used a wood - horrors!! - Donnay Borg Pro for the past
 12 years, and still do ... but when it breathes its last, I'm switching to a
 Wilson Pro Staff, but quick.)
From: Joseph.J.Marcheso.Jr.@dartmouth.edu (Joseph J. Marcheso Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Graf, Leipzig, line call
Date: 8 Oct 92 07:04:01 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@newshost.dartmouth.edu

Sir, these things happen all the time, If you want to talk about
controversial line-calls what about '90 U.S. Open match point Sabatini!
That ball was so wide that if She didn't jump in the air or if it
wasn't even match point there would be no hesitation on calling it out
"win some... lose some" Thats the advantage of playing loosely instead
of tight. Also do you know whether Graf used her net game or topspin
backhand in the match? Any improvements in her game?
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
Subject: Changes in Men's tennis (was Re: Depth in women's tennis)
Followup-To: rec.sport.tennis
Organization: Gainfully unemployed
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:42:21 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.161542.16115@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung) writes:
>>>While one might say that the women's field is "deeper", the top five 
>>
>>And how might one say that?  I haven't seen much evidence of that, other than
>>in the recently concluded US Open, which appeared to be more of a fluke 
>>considering the blowouts in the latter part of the tournament.
>
>There are really two issues being discussed in these days.
>Both men's and women's tennis are improving rapidly (or at
>least changing for those who don't consider "power" tennis
>an improvement). I was quite amazed that during ESPN's French
>Open coverage this year, they showed a segment from the 1984?
>final, which wasn't that long ago. It really looked like
>they were showing it in slow motion to me. Just as I was
>thinking about that, they said "This is not slow motion."

Slow motion?  Heh, I remember back in '78 or thereabouts when there was the
WCT Finals in Dallas (I believe).  There was a match between Borg and Vilas
where one of the *points* lasted something like *77* strokes!  Now THAT'S
tennis ... (-:

Meanwhile, back in 1992, I seem to recall seeing some Sampras match where he
served out a complete game at love with 4 consecutive aces.

Now, which kind of tennis do you think I preferred to watch more?

(Not to say that there aren't incredible matches nowadays, of course.)
From: mchen@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Futile Visionary)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Racquet grip
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:41:05 GMT
Reply-To: mchen@ics.uci.edu (Futile Visionary)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.

In article <1992Oct15.051245.14215@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:

>>
>>Finally how does one spell -
>>racket or Raquet or Racquet
>>
>>I saw all 3 of them on this group!
>
>    I think raquet is wrong.  So, it's a matter or preference betweeen
>racquet and racket, and I prefer the first.  I don't have a dictionary
>handy, so I can't say for sure.

Hi all,
	Here's the Webster definition...

1 rack.et also rac.quet \'rak-<e>t\ n (1500)
 [MF raquette, fr. Ar r<a^-><h.>ah palm of the hand]
    1: a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon)
    stretched in a usu. oval open frame with a handle attached and that
    is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as tennis,
    racquets, or badminton)
    2 usu racquets pl but sing in constr: a game for two or four players
    with ball and racket on a 4-walled court

	As you can see, only "racquet" and "racket" are correct spellings.

	I also checked, there's no definition from Webster for "raquet."

Morison
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: phil@onetouch.COM (Philip D. Turner)
Subject: Re: SNEAKERS FOR TENNIS
Organization: MCS/OneTouch, Inc.
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 14:14:46 GMT

jeff.kling@brent.uucp (Jeff Kling)  writes:

>-> I'm going to buy a pair of sneakers for playing tennis. My problem
>-> is: I play on hard courts for twice a week and my shoes are worn out
>-> quite soon, especially at the area under the big toes. Could someone
>-> recommend me a model/brand which is more durable. I prefer high-top.

>Try out the Wilson Pro Staff shoe. It comes in a low and mid.  You can
>get it through mail order for about $ 45 from the various places listed
>in Tennis mag.  I play five times a week, all on hard court, and find it
>to be one heck of a durable shoe.  It is quite supportive as well and
>being 6'6" with a large pronation, I find it more than adaquate.  The
>insole also has Sorbothene inserts for added shock absorbtion.
>                                                              

I'll second this.  I used to play on Nike shoes, but the last pair I
bought lasted all of 5 weeks before I wore a hole through the bottoms.
The Wilson Pro Staffs have lasted about nine months before I needed to
replace them (I play tennis, mostly singles, 4-7 hours/week).
the 
-- 
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	Way number 27 -- Use an electric sander.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
From: macauley@bnr.ca (John MacAuley)
Subject: Re: Racquet grip
Reply-To: macauley@bnr.ca (John MacAuley)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 17:07:15 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.051245.14215@eng.umd.edu>, clin@eng.umd.edu
(Charles Lin) writes:

>    I have been having problems lately with hitting slice.  I can hit it,
> and it floats a bit, but I find it a little hard to hit it sqaure on,
> and get a reasonable amount of pace.  I have some idea of how to do it,
> but it'll take a bit of practice to get it right.

Uggg!  People say that slice is an easier shot to hit, but boy
do I find it hard some days.  I was reading TENNIS magazine one
day and they suggested picturing your racquet sliding down a
banister.  I think a better analogy is a tea spoon.  You start
with the face of the racquet on the handle (parallel to ground)
and slide down the spoon.  When you reach the neck of the spoon
(the contact zone) your racquet face almost becomes perpendicular
to the ground.  As you swing through the ball your face
(racquet face that is :) becomes parallel to the ground again.

Like any shot it works better some days than others, but I find
that it is a harder shot to return than a topspin backhand.  I
like to mix it up in a rally, but the big problem is after hitting
a few topspin backhands, I find it hard to hit the slice during a 
rally.  Typically I miss 40% of my slice backhands if I have
already been hitting topspin in the point.  I wish I had eight
hours a day to practice consistency!

>>
>>Finally how does one spell - 
>>racket or Raquet or Racquet
>>
>>I saw all 3 of them on this group!
>
>    I think raquet is wrong.  So, it's a matter or preference betweeen
>racquet and racket, and I prefer the first.  I don't have a dictionary
>handy, so I can't say for sure.

Here is webster's entry (boy it is great having it on line):
                                                                 
Word: racquet
1rack-et
 also rac-quet \'rak-et\ n
[MF raquette, fr. Ar ra^-h.ah palm of the hand]
(1500)
1: a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon)
     stretched in a usu. oval open frame with a handle attached and that
     is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as
     tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2 usu racquets pl but sing in constr: a game for two or four players
     with ball and racket on a 4-walled court


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FiberWorld R&D,             E-mail: John.MacAuley@bnr.ca
Bell-Northern Research,                  macauley@bnr.ca
Ottawa Canada               Phone:  (613) 765-4966
From: ericm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Eric Means)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Tournament Results: Oct 7
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:11:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.43884
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR

An etiquette question for the tennis newsgroup:

I played my first Team Tennis matches yesterday, which included
my first experience ever playing mixed doubles.  It was a lot of fun
to play with quality female players. However, I'm afraid I may 
have committed an error in mixed doubles etiquette. 

The strongest part of my inconsistent game is my first serve: 
yesterday was one of those days when it was really cooking.
When serving to the woman on the other team, it became clear
that she wouldn't be able to return it.  The points when I served
to her were not really in doubt (I wish all days were like
that!).

I realized that those points really weren't much of a contest
for anyone involved. I wondered, should I have backed off a
bit?  Was I being a court bully, blasting her off the court
instead of starting a fun rally?  What would my competitive
female teammate have felt had I started easing off on my serve
to the woman, and risking the point?

At risk of being flamed by net readers, I thought I'd ask the
net if there is any such etiquette for mixed doubles.
Thanks.

--------------------------------------------------------------
Eric Means 
ericm@asi.com
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From: jeff.kling@brent.uucp (Jeff Kling) 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: RE: NUMBERS ON THE BALLS
Date: 10 Oct 92 18:31:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Brentwood BBS Harrison, NY  914-835-7898
Reply-To: jeff.kling@brent.uucp (Jeff Kling) 

Also, try to buy several sets of the same # ball.  This way, you know
all you have are Penn 5 and this will save you and everyone else a good
deal of confusion.  You could also make a special mark on each ball in
the same fashion.
From: mliu@shasta.ucsb.edu (Liu;Mei-Ling;L.;CS Grad Student;;COMS;Graduate;930630;;500)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Tournament Results: Oct 15 am
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:57:24 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara

In article <7ZRosB1w165w@knex.Gwinnett.COM> gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar) writes:
>$1.1 MILLION SEIKO OPEN
>AT TOKYO
>THURSDAY'S RESULTS  
>THIRD ROUND
>-----------
>Stefan Edberg (1) d. Patrick McEnroe, 6-2,7-6 (7-3)
>Michael Chang (2) d. Jonathan Stark, 6-0,6-7 (5-7), 6-0   <-----strange match
Gee, the top two seeds both don't seem too solid here.
>Henrik Holm (14) d. Boris Becker (3), 6-1,6-2		  <-----Oops
Holm is Swedish and Edberg had to go 3 sets to eliminate him in the
Australian Open last week.
Too bad, I thought Becker may be the one to spoil Edberg's party.
>Goran Ivanisevic (4) d. Niclas Kroon, 6-4,6-2
Looks like he's going strong still; at least he probably won't have a
rowdy Croatian crowd backing him in Tokyo.
>Ivan Lendl (5) d. Wally Masur (11), 6-4,6-2
A fighter always, that Lendl.
>Wayne Ferreira d. Chris Pridham, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6,6-4
>Kenny Thorne d. Richard Krajicek (7) 6-3,7-6 (7-0)
This is a big upset: Krajicek may still be injured: he had to default
his semi-final match with Ivanisevic at the Australian Indoor. 
>Alexander Volkov (8) d. Shuzo Matsuoka, 7-5,6-4		  <-----So sorry.
Yes, this has got to be disappointing to the Tokyo crowd.
Thanks for the quick news and please keep it up.
M. Liu
From: gb@cup.portal.com (Greg A Buechler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Changes in Men's tennis (was Re: Depth in women's tennis)
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 92 09:40:01 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Oct2.150910.1358@news2.cis.umn.edu>
  <1992Oct2.161542.16115@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
  <1992Oct9.054221.28261@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>

But which type of tennis would you prefer to play?   I would much prefer
to serve four aces and win the game than play about the equivalent of
eleven points to win just one.  Although at this exact time I am VERY
sore from a couple hours of tennis last night that included some long,
and fun points.   I just don't like too many of them 8-)

gb
From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tournament Results: Oct 13 pm
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:34:26 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

$1.1 MILLION SEIKO OPEN
AT TOKYO
TUESDAY'S RESULTS  
FIRST ROUND
-----------
Jonathan Stark d. Grant Connell, 6-3,6-4
Patrick McEnroe d. Christo Van Rensburg, 6-3,6-2
Jim Grabb d. Kenneth Carlsen, 5-7,7-6 (7-1), 6-2
Richey Reneberg d. Jacco Eltingh, 3-6,6-3,6-2
Shuzo Matsuoka d. Simon Youl, 5-7,6-2,6-2

SECOND ROUND
------------
Boris Becker (3) d. Goran Prpic, 6-4,7-5	    <-----see note below
Ivan Lendl (5) d. Todd Martin, 7-5,2-6,7-5
Wayne Ferreira (6) d. Claudio Mezzadri, 6-4,3-6,6-3
Chris Pridham d. Paul Haarhuis (12), 6-4,6-4
Niclas Kroon d. Derrick Rostagno (13), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Henrik Holm (14) d. Bryan Shelton, 6-4,2-6,6-4

Stefan Edberg (1) will be in action against Jim Grabb (USA) tomorrow.

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$350,000 PORSCHE GRAND PRIX
AT FILDERSTATDT, GERMANY
TUESDAY'S RESULTS  
FIRST ROUND
-----------
Gabriela Sabatini (1) d. Karin Kschwendt, 6-4,6-2
Mary Joe Fernandez (4) d. Brenda Schultz, 6-2,3-6,6-3
Anke Huber (5) d. Nathalie Herreman, 6-4,6-0
Helena Sukova (7) d. Karina Habsudova, 6-1,6-3
Andrea Temesvari d. Lori McNeil (8), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3,7-5
Natalia Zvereva d. Pam Shriver, 6-3,6-2
Natalia Medvedeva d. Elna Reinach, 6-2,6-7 (4-7), 7-5
Judith Wiesner d. Meike Babel, 6-2,6-4

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

$155,000 RIKLIS TENNIS CLASSIC
AT TEL AVIV 
TUESDAY'S RESULTS  
FIRST ROUND
-----------
Amos Mansdorf (3) d. Frederic Fontang, 6-2,6-3
Marcos Gorriz d. Andrei Chesnokov (4), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6,7-6 (7-3)
Jimmy Connors (7) d. Johan Carlsson, 6-2,4-6,6-3
Marcos Ondruska d. Gianluca Pozzi (8), 6-1,6-4
Xavier Daufresne d. David Rikl, 6-3,6-1
Stephane Simian d. David Engel, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
Gilbert Schaller d. Vladimir Gabrichidze, 6-3,6-1
Lars Jonsson d. Alberto Berasategui, 3-6,6-4,7-6 (7-4)
Gilad Bloom d. Alex Corretja, 6-4,6-0
Mark Koevbermans d. Thierry Guardiola, 3-6,7-6 (7-3), 4-1 (retired)
Joao Cunha-Silva d. Brian Devening, 7-5,4-6,7-5
 
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Becker fans will be thrilled to know that Boris went over the $10 million
mark in career prize money today with his win over Goran Prpic. (Not
that he is going to share the loot with them ;-))

He joins the other members of the $10mil club, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl
and Stefan Edberg.

Note: Sorry if some of the results are repeat postings. Also I would like
to know if I should restrict the distribution to US. Not sure if world-wide
distribution is desirable. Comments welcome.


GeSS
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