New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-31
PROGRESS MADE IN LAWN TENNTSJ
IMPORTANT CHANGES IL Tng cAME-ruE sEAso,

| IMPORTANT CHANGES ~ THE GAME-THE SEASON
IN PROSPECT PARK.
81 expect said n prominent dealer in sport
Ing goods day two ago. that shall have such
season In lawn tennis have pot yet The game
20 have taken greater hold IN this county than
| any other new pastme."
The rackets in multlform that the most fas-
tdious player can be gr1tfed Last year the was
chiefly on heavy weights - Yate Jefries was
common. This season lighter racket u coming into
fashion. An American house is showing london raekets
called after Prince and Princess weighing 10 u and u
ounces. They spo Ter tIan the average, rounded,
aud nearly straight the face. Other fayoTite
shapes the Franklin and Staten island with large
faces and broad al the end
The ball question Is still unsettled. Last year Ayres
balls adopted blythe United States Lawn Tennis As
ISOLATION This year the matter has been referred 20
committee. IT IS proposed allow clubs TO select their
balls, binding them a particular make. One
disadvantage Of the covered ball is Its tendency to tear
An English maker has patented a seamless feted ball
which csn never become torn ragged There Is nov
ey IN markers The West End uses dry marble dust in
stead of wlitegash, so that possible injury can be
done by II TO the most carefully kept lawn.
The most popular costume for men is plain white FAM
mel shirt trousers ard jacket Some OF the more athletic
prefer white wOoen knitted guernsey, which adopts IT.
self to every OF the playerand presents nothing
which catch the handle Of the racket II is admitted
all hands that the constant practice that has been
at the arHoies and private clubs has produced
marked general improvement, especially among the
women.
"ies," said an experienced player to the reporter
The zane has changed great deal since it first
introduced II Is much scientific and requires
gucness Judgment which every does not possess
Among the players bis. Maitland, young English
IL highly spoken Of lie played successfully at tle
Tennis Club In Forty secOndst, some time ago. Ills
style Is peculiar depending not his services, but on
the skill of his returns. He Is baselne player, taxing
nearly every bail the bound and driving II back hard
six inches over the The accuracy with which he
makes these strokes il much admlred.
The report OF the Park Commissioners Of Brooklyn re-
Gently issued states that last year. with the approval OF
mediation for tis game provided for; over l2J
ganZed clubs whose membership OF both sexes were
assigned courts. The turf kept In excellent condition
aud was laid ont ~ courts and maintained thTD ghOuihe
season ~ tho PARK employees, without cool To tho
players"
TRIBUNE reporter recently found Colonel Culyer at
his house at Prospect Park and asked hn about the
prospects for the coming season He said 81 can snow
mis- These numerous letters applications for courts
and every mail brings two more There are about
many ladies' gentlemen applying We shall have To
lay out twenty-five acres IN tennis courts; over one
healthy outdoor sports I'm every way Why, people come
to Prospect Park from New-lOrk 1 cannot tInk
Why the Commissioners of Central Park DO not 40
III th direction They have gTrater area than we nave
" DO you lind any difficulty IN enforcing rules 50 that
the tennis players do moi Interfere with the general y=i
tOrs 20 The JarkP
mot in the least We have a few simple rules aud they
are always cheerfully cbcycd. l think the game has
park During the tournaments We have bad over Is
thousand spectators"
petition . the Park Board of this city IA being cFeu
lated for signatures asking privileges allowed In Prospect