Telegram-herald., 1891-06-21


Let c. n. T.. +. represent the corners
of the court. A. +. shows where the
net bisects the court. suppose one
player IS on each SIDE of the meta game
of singles IN other words. Doubles"
or two ON q side Is played Just the
same. The one at the right, Tor instance,
standing at the hack line begins the
game by serving the ball to the other
player Just for the purpose of start
ing the fun, the ball, to be fairly
SERVED" bali, must drop on the square
No. ?. The player receiving, "returns"
the ball from the first bound. The
elastic ball u then kept going back and
forth TIL one or the other fails TO get it
over the net IN return. or gets It too
far, SO that 10 drops outside of the out
sde lines of the entire court. That IL
the entire game; to return the ball and
stlll have 10 strike within bounds. III YOU
fail TO get IL over the net your opponent
makes the point. If you return il too
far he makes Il Just the same. If you
return 10 and he fails 10 get Il back or
puts II IN the net Il IS your point. Now
as to the counting.
pour Points Make Game.
When You get one point, your score
thirty; three makes You forty. and four
game. The word Glove" - used 10
indicate nothing" Fifteen, love"
indicates tfteeu TO nothing, or one
point - no points. The word deuce
means that both players stand ut
forty or three points each When
the score "a "deuce," a player. 10 win.
must get two more points IN succession.
IA he rot he Er.t = -
vantage" III the other fellow gets
one. it - hrs vantage" One more
point gives the player at vantage
game. SIX games make the set. Ii
each player has five games, two more
IA succession must oe won To gain the
set Five each - a deuce IN the set. a.
forty each u a deuce in the game. By
this time the reader, If a novice, is sui
fciently muddled.
The Athletic Craze
that - sweeping over the country il A
beneficent craze at anv rate. Tennis
furnishes the means OF satisfying the
athletic longing. but mole than giving
exercise merely. & i prominently
game Of skill. Dad You ever SIT behind
the catcher at baseball game and
watch the marvellous iushoots. drops
and ouicurves7 All these can be pro-
duced IN much more marked degree
With the racquet and tennis ball. The
hall q a light hollow affsir. covered
with cloth. Hit by the racquet, gisuc-
ing blow viii make Il spin furloasly.
giving 4 4 sharp out or lncurve "a the
player sees fit. In tennis the ball may
he struck on the first bound or on the
Hy.
vi.r-~ry whiriirg Es,t
STRIKING the ground, bounds of sharply
- an sngic. striking the hall with a
cut - frequently done TO fool an op-
punrrt who . playing back. RE Ell
poets to get the ball 10 return Il on the
bound. but % hounds crookedly and ne
fails. That IL enc point of skill The
greatest feature IN ssliiful tennis. how
ever. = p scing;" 20 put the bail hack
Of y0ar opponent II be "a near the net.
cr close - the net Il be be far
back Put L where he cant get d
i the idss. or, a. We sey in
hs<e- bail, makes : base hit The most
skllful players "volley' almost en-
tfelv. or take the ball On the ay In
plsving doutlrs ISIS fsvorite plan 60
Mace the hsil between tha two oppou-
ents. "a esch % apt % etpecf the other
n ret T. The game sbounds m points
af * and all mnst - done "a qnsek
iva Lightning, or 10, At al. ladies'. "a
= ruie. canuot pay "a strong . game ss
sen. Perhaps a = for the -snse reaa,n
,ast they cannot throw bail ss men
may there are certain