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SOME OF TIE GOOD POINTS or HANDBALL.
AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE FOR ATHLETES IN TRAIN

AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE FOR ATHLETES IN TRAIN
ING-HOw THE GAME IS PLAYED.
The deyOtees of the whtewashed racket
tn this city that there Ia OF late great revival
In that good old English game Of tennis handba!L All
classes OF people play It, and number OF new matches
between amateurs as well professionals.
arc being made. All great writer's on
gymnastics agree that stimulating games, which
take the exercsers thoughts of himself and bis work.
far better both health and for development than
the wearisomo round which even the best gymnasium
affords For good lively, understanding lung-ex-
banding game In the winter months handbai cannot be
beaten Among the welLknown athletes who say 50 are
Joe" Coburn. the who where Sullivanis
now. mike" Cleary. Of knOoking-out fame.
Jack" Keenan, Of Philadelphia, mike
Donohue, the biggest little c0llar-and-elbow
wrestler the country and other equally BRIGHT
stars of the athletic heavens They all say that for
in training handbal beats everything else for good
sweat without letting Que know that he 10 working.
There several large handbal courts IN this citys
the principal one being In Thirty near Third
The court or alley Is &C feet long. % feet wide.
35 feet high In front and 80 feet high in rca- Cross
wise in the centre Of this court is plain black mark
drawn the floor. This is called the ace line" or
'short line" Properly played handba requires but
implement-a ball-though some players indulge In
rackets and fancy sings. The ball Is regulation one
and about half the size OF baseball 1t made with
cork foundation at tho very which Is covered
with crude rubber which Ia wound yarn, soaked
In ale make IL hard. Thread Is wound tightly over
the yarn and the whole is incased In kangaroo skim
Tho highest and hardest Of balls Is the result The
game is played "singes" "doublea" In the former
there Is but ono man on side Ia the latter,
two. After tossing up a coin to which side Is in
first the whose turn IL Is TO serve the ball goes
the front OF the limo the middle OF tho
court and drops the ball to the floor In sucn away that
catch bounce when IL reaches the height
waist He then tosses" IL by catching lightly
on OF the tips Of his fingers. and knocks IL
against the front OF the court whence bounds over
the line" He must send II over the line IN three
trials his inning The other side tries TO toss
the ball back In such manner that he Will no be able
catch the rst bound ny after Its return from
Each time the sends the ball against
the front" counts one for him. and hfeen points
HIM iDnir gs He then changes place
with his opponent, even II he has not been put out
The object OF the server Is. OF course To make the pa
bound from 'front.' to such unexpected places that
the returner not serve back to him. IN when case
he a point. The object OF the " out" man 10 TO
return the bail that the server cannot reach 1t on
the first bound fly that at once puts the latter ont
Will be easily the gsme leaves much room for
science. and especially for Judgment IL re-
qures q quick eye and even quicker hands
and feet, amt like the OF Indian clubs, II does
much to develop ambidexterity There Is much room
strong" while others try "sharp and low" All watch
opponent sharply to see II he shows himself weaker
with hand than with the other III so they Will en-
deavor to toss all the balls to his weaker SIDE When
skiful players engaged, many as half d0zou IN
nings are sometimes hnished without score. All
play handhall daily. and declare that 1t keeps
them better condition than any other exercise Inc
Arlington Baseball club, amateurs Initiate tho NETS"
with equally good results.