The sun., 1908-03-22

for a second circuit Of the courts, and in the
closing days Of that year Ferdinand Garoin,
the French champion, arrived for a stay OF
some months.
word OF Latham and the remarkable
tulhlment Of prophecy regarding Jay
Gould he made when last In this country.
Latham was the worlds racquet champion
before taking up tennis, II took him two
years OF daily practice with Charles Saun-
ders to shift from the racquet hit to the
tennis cut stroke. Saunders was the worlds
tennis champion until 1890, when Tom
Pettit beat him In match for 8, 500 and the
title at Lord lveagh's court in Dublin.
Petit returned 70 the Boston A. A.. and
Saunders became champion again by de-
fault. Latham after his industrious ap-
premiership had courage to play Saunders
in lssj and won from him. This drew
rise from Tom Petit, who crossed in 1893
TO play Latham a 5000 match. but the
Bo5tOnian failed TO win. Latham then
defended his title until Punch Fairs beat
him in October, 1906. Consequently Latham
was not tho title holder when here Last.
butt he regained 1t on going back and has
since held IT,
On his last trip Latham did not have
a feather rufilod at tennis, fulfilling FIVE
engagements at the New York Racquet
and Tennis Club and making single visits
TO Lakewood Tuxedo. Boston and Phila-
delphla, but on the three occasions the
match was at racquets. lie beat c. T..
Sands, then the amateur tennis champion,
Concedin1flfteen, by 81, %, 6--3. and az
Lakewood ON the same odds defeated Jay
Gould, 9-e. o.. On the same day Stand
ing and Jay Gould beat Latham and c. E.
Sands 6-S, 6-3, lie. This was Jay
0ould's debut as match player. Latham
aftervard said the youngster would win the
American championship the fist iry, Jn5
while he would he prominent on his first
essay for the British championship Gould
would not win IL until 1907 The entire
forecast came true.
To the hose who play lawn tennis the
true ennis is an unknown country. 1t
IL sop to this ignorance that compels the
prefix OF court, although II Is as a red rag
TO bull 10 the followers Of the parent game.
The court must not be confounded with the
boXllks racquet, squash or handball courts,
nor Ia to serve and make returns the alpha
and omega Of this pastime.
None but the wealthy may maintain
private courts. but club dues are not too
excessive and in the future some philan-
thropist may establish public courts. Until
the latter time the restrictions OF a lack OF
~ II, a. -
privileged To play tennis. Except in the
substitution Of cement for the stones or
bricks on walls and floors, the tennis
courts have not been changed in SJC years
The dimensions should be not less than
% by 30 feet. The main wall Is I'M
broken save by buttress termed the tam
bour at the grille end, TO divert sharply
the hail that strikes t. On the ether three
walls a shed with sloping roof ia built out
called the penthouse. At the service end
OF the interior are the dedans where on
lockers sit. and along the side wall the
space 10 the gallery. The openings are
hung with nets 10 keep the ball from hit
ting the onlookers. At the far end the
front Of the pent house Is solid save for
the square opening guarded by the tam
bour called the grille.
A net hangs at the centre court over
which the ball 10 played as at lawn tennis,
but there Is far more doing than the simple
services and returns. II is evident that
the back and side walls make the game
more active than lawn tennis and bring
in more strokes. The count is by the points
10. 80. 4O game as at lawn tennis and
advantage strokes are the same.
All the services are from the dedans end
and on the penthouse FIRST, the striker
outs end being the hazard side. as con-
trasted with the service side. Aside from
the chances in the rallies the server gains
point should he send the ball In the last
gallery opening, called the winning gallery,
or into the grille opening. The striker
out has the entire dedans 10 make as q win
ming opening when he can, which counts a
point for him. There is nothing Of this
nature in any other court game or at lawn
tennis.
Furthermore. orNthe floor Of the court are
lines at intervals and when the server
passes a ball the place II marks Is called BY
the distance In yards from the dsdans or
the hazard side wall. This is q chase and