The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
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WHERE LOVE Is LOW.
Points in Tennis That Mako tho
Game an Olympian Pastiue.
70 Weld the Racket Deftly-It Costs
Very Little to have Court in Your
Own Home How to
Make One.
ICoPyRIGHT. 1893. !

tCCPSR1GHT- 1901
The differences of opinion EXPIRE ssed
DIV eminent tennis players regarding
some points in the game have. in view
Of the approaching intercollegiate
tournament at New Haven and of the
Pacific states and western champion
shin contests aroused more than the
usual animation among wielders of
the racket. The general public
which knows the game of lawn tennis
ns one of the most popular of all our
summer sports seems to misunderstood
the matter. Rules and not players
are the occasions of disputes over the
games
For healthy. physical exercise and
pleasant recreation the game yields
the palm to no other outdoor aruse-
apent. and one OF its greatest claims
lies in the fact that it is eminently
suited to the capacities Of both sexes
and can be played con jointly by them.
Unlike yachting. riding or driving the
expense Of its pursuit is within the
sneans Of the most limited income, aid
the time devoted 20 its practice can be
spared even by those whose duties
conhDe them TO LONG and regular
hours of business. Lawn tennis is a
game suited to almost any age from
sixteen TO sixty.
The chief accessory in lawn tennis is
undoubtedly the field, or more techni-
cally. the court. on which the game is
played. The space actually called for
by the laws of the game is q rectangu-
lar para lie lograrn seventy-eight feet
long, and for a SINGLE court where only
two play, twenty-seven feet wide. II
four are engaged. two against two, or
if one good player is pittcd a2sainst two
partners the game is played IN what is
known as Il double court, in which the
width is increased to thirty-six feet
The cut below shows how a tennis
court should be marked out.
Start out with the idea that your
field shall be as smooth. true and level
as the proverbial billiard ball. If your
grounds admit a choice OF several loca-
tionS. I should recommend that which
is best sheltered from the suns rays,
and if in some deep pocket or bottom
so much the better. for. although in
rainy weather it may hold moisture
little longer. still that very fact will
keep the grass richer and stronger and
your court will not require half the
patching for the same amount of use
as a dry sandy court. Peg out dimen-
sions of ninety feet by forty feet at
least: one hundred by fifty is bet
tar. Then grade it thoroughly. Go
carefully over every inch of turf and
raise with a fork small holes: flatten
all bumps and knobs. While doing
this see that vou get ont all why roots
and weeds of coarse strong stems.
Any weed. the leaves of which lie close
and fat TO the ground, may be left, but
lumpy plants. like dandelions, daisies,
speargrass, etc, should be pulled up
and the holes carefully filed. Let
trefoil and kindred plants remain.
If after this treatment your ground
looks bare or patchy in spots. run n
light harrow over ii and sprinkle the
whole plot literally with any good
quality of lawn grass seed. When
the surface appears thoroughly thick
and uniformly golden. run your NOW
er over il in even, straight lines. paral-
Eel to side lines and then TO base lines.
The operation when performed prop
erly should make the court look
exactly like checker board.
Now your court is ready for the
2piler and for the first roll YOU can't