The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-08-30
MERRY GAME OF SQUASH,
Promises to Re Most Popular Of tho
Seasons sports.

Promises to he Most Popular Of tho
Seasons sports.
Squash, which was comparatively
little known year or so ago, prom
Uses TO be one of the most popular
of THE summers sports, AMI squash.
courts are going up everywhere
Just why the unpoetical name of
squash should have been given it is
rot discoverable. 1t certainly has no
bearing upon summer squash, the
vegetable. for. being an indoor game,
it can be played as well in winter as
in summer. and no other points of re-
Semblance can be traced.
Properly speaking, Squash Ball is
the title, and squash is only the ab-
breviation.
To have your squa sl-court this sum.
mer. if you have any pretcnsions to
style, is as necessary as to have your
ping-pong table or your automobile.
Last summer the game was so much
of a novelty That the story is told Of
a family in a fashionable seaside re-
SUN w lO lLlCli way lito tsiS w.
through their squash court, it being
the second only of it's kind in the
place This year it is even more essen
tial to ones social success.
Ye, there are many people clamoring
to know what squash is.
Squash belongs TO the lawntennls
family. and under different titles and
with few minor differences, has been
known since the time of Henry VIII.
of England. AS yet there has been
little squash literature, hence the
world-at-large has had no opportunity
CT becoming acquainted with 1t in
story Even the squash joke has not
yet beenssprung. TlC game OF lives.
which is still played extensively, Is
of the squash family. In this game,
as it was originally played the hand
was used, hitting ball against wall
on lines laid out for tennis-court.
Going back into early history, we find
the royal princesscs playing tennis IN
this way, using their fair hands, or, In
some cases, gloves. When the bat
came into use 1t was called Bat Elves.
Then another evolution, and the ten
nis-racket came upon the scene. Inc
walls were enclosed, floor and cell
ing added, and VOLTA. rackets. Squash
is merely variation of rackets, and
the courts are the same. The walls
are marked off by painted lines; the
service-line, above which the ball must
strike when served, is six feet from
the floor. Another line, called the tell
tale is two feet from the floor, ana
after ball has been served, the Sec
ond played must return it onto the
front wall above the telltale before II
has bounded twice. The players then
continue 10 return the ball alternate
ly until the rally is lost. A ball Is
in play until it touches the roof, posts.
cushions, or is driven into the gallery.
1t is then out of court The court IS
divided by line into two equal
spaces. There is cross-cut through
the centre. % feet from the back wall
The game is played with ball, usuat
ly of India rubber, and light-weigh'
tennis-racket. strung with gut Inc
squash-bat weighs between nine anu
ten ounces. Keeping out of the way
is one of the objects Of the game. II
the ball hits the strikers adversary
above the knee, or if it hits the strlh'
er's partner or himself, it counts
against the striker. One of the rules
of the game is that every player
should get out of the way as much a.
possible. If he cannot, the marker Is
TO decide whether it is let or no'.
The markers decision is considere'
final.
Squash may be played either VIII
doubles CT singles, and in four or
three walled court.
Any carpenter can build the house
which is not elaborate in any wa!
The height of the front wall is 10 1eel
The total length of the court is 81
feet. and the breadth, 1853 feet.-CoF
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