The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-05

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the server on or outside Of any Of the lines
which bound the court, or If the striker.
out otherwise loses stroke, as We win
find presently when We consider tho con-
ditions common to both server and
striker-Out, the server wins stroke.
In the handling Of the racket, the great
est dexterity may be obtained. b careful
study and practice The twist ball II :
feature Of the game, which good players
certainty of its bounces u calculated to
outwit the most adroit.
Since under certain conditions Of failure
on the part of the striker-out, the advant-
age IN count of q stroke comes to the
server, 50, too, the sfriker-0ut reaps =
harvest If the server serves two consecu-
tive faults, or if the server fails to return
the ball in play, or If the server returns
the ball in play 50 that It drops untouched
by the striker-out on or outside any of the
lines which bound the court, or If the
server loses . stroke under conditions
common to both server and striker
out, in any Of which cases the
striker-out wins . stroke. There
are conditions under which each player
loses q stroke If the service ball or ball
in play touches the player, or anything
worn or carried by him, except the racket
in the act of striking, or II the player
in play with the racket more than once.
or If in returning the service ball or ball
in play, the player touches the net with
any part of the body, or with the racket
or with anything which is worn or car
ried, or if the ball touches either of the
posts. or if the player strikes the ball be-
fore 1t has passed the net, or II the service
ball or ball in play drops or falls upon .
ball lying in either of the courts, 50 much
~. ho ,r,vndifirna Y1n6oH mhsch a s1IaueP
either service or striker-out, wins or loses
9 stroke.
As for scoring there are two systems,
each of which has its adherents. Both
should be understood, and the more
thoroughly the player understands both,
the more at ease will he be in any COM
pany with whom he may be playing.
The first plan is this: The first stroke
now counts for the player. winning .
score Of fifteen, making total of thirty,
the third stroke now counts for him
additional ten, making the score forty.
Unless there is q tie of forty the fourth
stroke won by that player entities him
to score game If, however, both players
have won three strokes, the score is
called deuce and 80 on until the score
of deuce, either player wins two CON-
for that player. Six games constitute
set, and the player who first wins them
wins the set unless in case both players
win FIVE games, when the score is called
s'games aIl'' and the next game won by
either player is scored advantage game for
that player; If the same player wins the
next game he wins the set, if he loses the
next game the score is again called '.games
all" and so on until at the sore of ''games
all' either player wins two consecutive
games, when he wins the set. An exception
to this is where an agreement is entered
into not to play advantage sets, but to de-
eide the set by the game after aiming at
the score of "games all. In this mode of
scoring both the server and the striker
out are entitled to count, while in the
alternative method It is different. An
alternative method of scoring is as fol-
lows, in which the term 'shand-in" is sub
stituted for server, and .shand-out' for
"striker-out." In this syytem the 'shand-
in" is alone able to score. II he loses q
stroke he becomes hand-out and his oppo-
nent becomes hand-in and serves his
turn. Fifteen points won constitutes the
game. If both players have won
fourteen points the game is set to
three and the score called "love-all." The
hand-in continues 70 serve and the player
who first scores three points wins the
game; if he or his partner loses stroke
the other side shall be hand-in. During
the remainder of the game, when the first
hand In shall be put out, his partner shall
serve. beginning from the court from
which the last service not delivered, and
when both partners have been put ont,
then the other side shall be hand-in. The
hand-in shall deliver the service in accord
the server, and the opponents shall receive
the service alternately, each keeping the
court which he originally occupied; in all
subsequent strokes the ball may be re-
turned by either party on each side. The
privilege of being hand-in two or more
successive times may be given.
What has been said of double-handed
games applies equally well to the three
handed and fOur-handed games, except
that in the three-handed game the single
player shall serve in every alternate game !;
in the fonr-handed game the pair who have
the right to serve in the first game may
decide similarly for the second game.
The partner of the player who served in
the first game shall serve in the third, and
the partner Of the player who served in
the second game shall serve in the fourth,
sequent games of set or series of sets, the
players shall take the service alternately
throughout each game.
No player shall receive or return a SER
vice delivered to his partner, and the or
der of service and of striking out once ar
ranged shall not be altered, nor shall the
striking out change courts to receive the
service before the end of the set.
The players change sides at the end of
every set. When series of sets is played
the player who was serving in the last
game of one set shall be striker-out in the
first game of the next.
A bisque is one stroke which NAV be
claimed by the receiver of the odds at
any time during set, except that a bisque
may not be taken after the service has
been delivered; the server may not take a
bisque after a fault, but the striker-out
may do so. One or more bisques may be
given in augmentation or diminution of
other odds. Halfffteen is one stroke
given at the beginning of the second and
every subsequent alternate game of set.
Fifteen Is one stroke, given at the Begin
ming of every game of a set. Half
thirty IS one stroke, given at the begin
ming of the first game, two strokes
given at. the beginning Of the second
sequent games of set. Thirty is two
strokes, given at the beginning of every
game of set. Half-forty is two strokes.
given at the beginning of the first game.
three strokes given at the beginning Of the
second, and so on alternately in all the
subsequent games of the set. Forty is
three strokes, given at the beginning of
every game of set. Half-court is when
the players. having agreed into which
court the giver of the odds of half-court
shall play, the latter loses a stroke if the
ball returned by him drops outside any of
the lines which bound that court.
II the game is to be umpired there
should be one for each side of the net. who
shall cali play" at the beginning of the
game. enforce the rules, and be sole Judge
OF fair and unfair play, each on his respec-
tive side of the net
We have followed the best manual and
the best opinions of the most successful