Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-09

the player. using a racket, would hit hard against the wall. Of course the ball would squash, ''s hence the name. Now the ball .hassno hole init Some times,a when the lawn tennis ball is used and a modified and small lawn tennis racket is swung by the play CT, the game becomes known as squash tennis. If a small racket and aAsnall uncovered ball are used the contest ants frequently call it squash rack cts. Two players facing the front wall of the court alternately hit the ball with their raclxets, the object being to have the ball strike above certain height and within certain limits. Yet there is considerable to the game. Eustace Miles, amateur champion of this coun- try at rackets and squash, and a writer on the game of squash, is one of those vigorous athletes whose word that he saves doctors bills by playing squash should be convincing.
 According to MT. Miles, the court may be about 31 feet by 16 feet and need cost no more than $500. If the enthu- siast had to play in a flat building he might make the wall of a large room serve for the necessary face of the court. A single wall with a line on it two feet from the floor would serve the purpose. But the best courts have three or four walls. One New Yorker has built a fine squash court on the roof of his house, and George Gould has added squash courts to his elab- crate tennis court buildings. MT. [ (t .+es nd he says that squash is the very best practice for tennis-better than ten his itself, for the player has more strokes Tn a shorter time and has to keep his eye in good form.
 How many times have the spectators at lawn tennis ma tch declared that something should be done to keep the balls from going out of the court? {? The experts in action atstennis give grand exhibitions of ssrallying," vol leying and returning, which are inn proved upon in a good squash court. The walls serve to, throw5th he bal back when d particularly hard or wild stroke is made and enable the con testants to keep up the play. Cham pion Miles says that when he played in the opening match at the Marion club courts near Philadelphia--th home of great army of golfers who play squash in winter and during the wet spring weather-he kept up some rallies to over 100 returns, although both he and his colleague were hitting hard nearly all the time. The long rallies, he says, and the various angles the ball makes with the walls furnish the same fascinating features that are afforded by court tennis and racquets. To master those angles is as delight ,ful tofthe player as to gain facility in mastering angles on billiard table
 To persuade tennis players to try squash, Champion Miles adds that the game can be made very cheap one after the court is provided. Should the player wish, he can use an old lawn tennis racket and a adilapidated tennis ball for squash. By stripping the cover from a tennis ball you have an excellent substitute for the real squash ball. If played in an unpainted court electric lights do not cast shad- ows that will interfere with fast play. Continuing Mr. Miles says:
 s.I'he scoring of the game is very simple. There are several ways in which we can score, and this gives the game great variety. But the common est is for the player who first gets Is points to win the game. If two players are not evenly matched then