The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-13
HRywoop TENNIS COURT.

near London, occupied by players as late
as 8 O'Clock. The tournaments are moro
numerous and much better attended than
they are here.
Chicago has quito a number OF tennis
enthusiasts and the Kenwood Country
club has introduced a new kind OF court
for early practice. The court consists sim
ply of dead wall furnished with floor.
Standing on the planking, the aspiring
amateur is expected to bat the balls up
against the wall, practicing forehand and
backhand strokes at will, and general
ly quickening his eye and strengthening
bis forearm for the coming trials Of skill
later in the season, when the courts are
ready for play One man, by this scheme,
is sufficient for himself, carrying on an
animated game of solitaire which is as
tonishingly interesting to the participant,
especially il after the long winter he is
fairly famished for the feel of \ racket and
tho sight of u bounding tennis ball. And
when mistakes occur and there are long
chases to be made after wildly driven ball
there is no one to blame but the man him
self.
The platform is almost exactly the size
of half d tennis court, made Of pine boards
laid level on heavy stringers. Across tho
center of it runs the upright wall. made so
that players can use either side. This wall
Is close to 10 feet high and is made heavy,
SO that the balls rebound well from 1t.
There are no side walls, and nothing in the
shape of roof or canopy. Since its COM
pletion the new court has been tried by
number of the more enthusiastic OF the
Kenwood tennis players, who seem to have
gotten from it rather mixed opinions as to
the utility of the new device. Combined
with the new lively balls Of this season, the
wildness and exuberance Of the players be-
ginning the season again has resulted as
rule in making practice In tho new court
q succession of chases after wide balls.
Golf is an expensive game when COM
pared with tennis, baseball or cricket, but
Of these three the first Ia the only one prao-
ticable for women. For golf there are
clubs to be bought, bag to carry them in
and caddy to be paid, but this last arti-
Gle has been done away with by number
of women economically inclined, who play
regularly, as they substitute for the SYM
pathizing or condemning boy, as the case
NAV be, mechanical contrivance called q
standing caddy." This stands on the
ground beside the player when she makes
her stroke And as to clubs, all that arc
necessary for the average woman's game
=
ara flye. Men have been heard Of and seen
who insist upon loading the caddy with q
dozen or moro, but they, as rule, rank
| I'm the tyro class, and It Is notable that the
1 experts usually carry limited number OF
| clubs. One Of the besetting sins OF the
woman beginner Is her anxiety about her
SCORE II haunts her waking and her
sleeping hours and leads to much prevari-
cation and pickering. Instead Of unceas-
ing effort toward the proper use Of the
proper club, her one desire seems to DO TO
complete the round in the fewest possible
strokes. Hero she will explain and say,
"But thought that was the game, and
80 IL partly 10, and It Is all very well to
make q certain score goal to be striven
| for, but ones game will never improve IL
one Is constantly harassed by the thought
| of how many strokes the last hole took and
how many this one ought to take.