Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-31
THE EVENING STAR.
THURSDAY......: July 81, 1879.
Lawn Tennis


Inc game ,eds, first OF all, a smooth, level
ground. which may be either hard rolled earth
saPse1T c or prooaby best Of ally wellrolled
quets, four india-rubber balls, aS inches in
o,ameter and Y ounces In weight, and a net
a az 10 two posts, "a feet apart, at hight
cn itet from h me ground at the posts and sag
S lilg 40 nlght OF only at the center. The
pest dimensions for the ground. according to
me ruies OF the Marylebone cricket club, are 80
feet wln Ss at the oase lines 9he end nes, %
ieet woe al tne center, where IT is spanned
oy the net, and IS feet long. The ground is d.
Vided lengthwtse by a central line and on
eler sue OF this as one stands facing the net
courts are again divided by q service line :,
drawn parallel to the base lines at a distance
or 26 feet from the net. The ground NAV he
players are engaged; but the service lines
should always be at two-thlr OF the distance
from the net to the base lines. A ground may
be easily ard quickly measured and marked
out with lcO-feet tape line and some plaster.
of-paris and water, or whitewash, or, indeed.
almost any substance which will make a dis
tnct line on tie turf.
To play the game. sides are formed, each oc
cupying its own sioe OF the net, and the choice
OF courts may be determined by spinning a rae
quet IN the air, while an opponent calls our
ground With one Of those faces uppermost The
SIDE which loses the choice of courts may elect
u, &c pegln as .hand-in" or "hand-out." Hand 10
Is me one who serves" the ball, that is, begins
.he game lSfanding with one foot on either
size OF his base iine) by serving (strikingl the
pail SO that II shall pass over the net and come
TO- tne ground In the diagonally opposite court
Del"een me opponents service line and the
net. Ii he serves the ball into the wrong court
INTO the Let, or into the diagonally onpasIte
couri Out 6eyond the service line. he makes a
"fault." Hand-fn becomes hand-out (and his
opponent becomes the server when he serves
the ball outside OF court, or when he makes two
successive faults, or when he fails TO return the
ball so that it shall fall into one of his oppo-
Eent'S courts. When hand-in makes a Efrood
service" serves the ball into the dtagonally op-
posite court within the service line, the hand
out. who is guarding that court, attempts with
his racquet TO strike the ball as it bounds from
the ground, so that II shall return over the net
into either OF hand-in's courts. Hand-fn, or his
partner, may then strike the ball before it
bounds that Is to say, ''volleyr IT., or after il
has bounded once, returning it again within
handouts courts, and then handOut has like
privileges with 1t. The ball can thus be struck
any number OF times back and forth over the
net, until One or the other fails to return it. or
returns 1t SO vigorously that 1T falls outside the
opponents courts, Or allows the ball to touch
any part OF his clothes or person.
If 1t is hand-out, or his partner, who falls TO
make good return" or, If the service is vol
leyed One point is scored for hand-in. Hand
la then again serves the ball serving from his
light ana left courts alternately, and II he
makes good service, and makes good returns
until haId-out fiuaily fails to make q good re-
turn, another point Is scored for hand-in and
until he fails
When hand In fails 70 make good service. or
good return, or makes two successive faults
80 point is scored, and one OF his opponents be-
comes the server.
The side which first scores Is points, or
''aces," wins the game. But, ii both sides
reach IA, the score is called deuce" A new
point, called vantage is then introduced,
and either side, in order to score game, must
win two points In succession, called vantage"
and game"
1t is important to remember thai, when q
ball drops on any line, 1t is considered to have
dropped within the court aimed at and bounded
by that line: and that it is good service or a
good return, although the ball may have
over them.-[St. Nicholas for An1usf.