Wichita eagle., 1889-09-15
MISS DoD.
MRS. HILIYARD.

naughty iIile boy. WHO ndu uctle SOliitLhiais
very wicked. lie knows he could catch it
then, ard punish it severely.
And SO the game goes on; he grows hotter
and hotter and his fece grows redder and
redder. II he strikes the ball too lightly, or
not squarely, or with the edge OF his racquet,
ii either goes. not far enough, or sidewise or
backwards; if he strikes it with any force 1T
all it goes out of sight After an hours
snort he desistS. His enemy, who has
counted, has been roaring about vantage"
and love" and has won a dozen games
while the novice hasn't won one What
eiove" has 10 do with it he can't understand.
"Hate" would be a much better word. he
goes home and takes bath The next day
every muscle feels as if it had been twisted
out of shape.
AS TO f. G. MEERS
Now. If Mr. E. G. MeerS the celebrated
English teunis player, were TO confess what
occurred the first time he took up a racquet,
doubtless the above would express it pretty
nearly. But Mr. Ulcers has become SO ex-
pert that perhaps a fair player in his hands
would feel something ike the novice de-
scriaea. Nj Meers has been playing 4 little
in America this year ard doubtless finds no
pleasure in playing with any one but an ex-
second class player Ills English friends think
well OF him. and some say that his earlier
plav in the season in America was only for
practice.
ENGLISH WOMEN PLAYERS.
There have been and are now a number Of
English women TO whom the game Of lawn
tennis has brought laurels They play coun-
" tournaments in England, and there Is usu-
tnsa Of
" who LAYS all others on the shade But
Fpglishrnen take to these feminine tennis
ulavers too kindly for the good of the game.
No sooner does girl distinguish herself than
some man lnarrieS her. and this, for a time
AT least. usually vithdTaws her from tennis
circles.
AIRS. Hillvard, formerly Miss Binglev, Is
such one. Before marriage she played in
the first ladies' championship, IN 1854 and
won the first set OF Miss Maud Watson when
they met on the field. The following year
Miss Bin-ley won the championship of Miss
Watson. who was then prime tavorlte.
There is an Irish girl who is an expert ten
mis- player in England, Miss L. Martin. She
deals a tremendous service and her voleying
Is said 70 be superior 70 most men players
Miss Martin first became prominent IL the
1ilSl -SA4aAAt' AZ t~Hl. NIlVh bNN"e
Miss Ian@riShe and won a set from Miss
Maud Watson.
Miss l. Dod has come on the field since the
ladies before mentioned While they were
wraugling for first place Miss Dod was prac-
ticing It home. She Is only IS wears old but
when she was a she played Mss Watson
very closely iiss Doi Is rpagnifcentlv
built. her figure being perfect, and has most
exceIenJ health.
AMERICAN LADY PLAYERS.
In America each summer has soun young
lady who is cspecbaily proficient in lawn ten
ms. In Asbury Park, on the coast Near
Long Branch. Ms Susie Cora Brooke repre-
sants New Jersey Miss Brooke is a tall,
stately girl and Is we'll known as a local
champion. Last summer she took several
trophies at Sea Cliff, L. /
At Bay Head, y. j., Mss Ellen Krone, Of
New York, is chief; st Spring Lake, Miss
Claude Robbins. of New York; at Point