The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-27
LAWN TENNIS GOSSIP.
No New Phenon Likely in America OF
Epxlapd-Other News OF the Game.

LAWN TENNIS GOSSIP.
No Nov Phenom Likely in America OF
England-Other News OF theG Game.
Neither here nor abroad is there n great
promise Of a new phenom appearing
In lawn tennis, and for the time being
Am erica and England as we'll as other coun-
tries must be contented with what they have,
Experts say that this lean condition OF prom.
Using youngsters Ia due TO the blight OF
over civilization. for the player OF to-day
Ia more or less Tapped in tennis luxury
In everything connected with the game he
enjoys a perfection Of detail undresmed OF a
generation ago. The court is simply per-
lection, while the balls and racuuets are
beyond Improvement, and In most cases
| the walls are encircied by green canvas 90
az to sh eIter him and enable him to get o
clearer sight OF the balls.
But the tendency Of all this luxury and per
fiction IL hardly toward the production
Of a hardy race Of players. When a game is
learned and strokes mastered under grea'
dificulty the result is a virile product such
al soft conditions could not effect. Among
the players whose names fgur In the early
chronicles OF the game there was a resource
fulness and quickness Of eye which is SCI
dom Q nowadays. simply because the
conditions which produced and nurtured
them no longer exist. Uneven courts,
uncertain balls, and irregular racQuets make
q much greater demand upon the eye ana
Ingenuity OF the player than modern condi-
tlons.
Speaking Of this aspect Of tennis an ex-
pert in Fry's Maodxire says: 1t might
be well for players II things were less easy.
II they we're obliged to work harder at the
game and in . more downright self-denyine
and humdrum fashion. 1t might be well
for them II they were forced to get some
of their practice up against : wall : si!s.
Lambert Chambers did when as Miss
Douglas she learned the art Of driving
In lonely practice against the wall Of her
fathers vicarsge, or like H. F, Lawford
to gain proficiency In base line play through
the medium OF a small boy who from the
far side Of the net threw balls for him TO
| drive. That wa keenness. II you like
! but Lawford vent further than that;
he fastened q string about q foot above
| the net and parallel to it. and II he drove
the ball between the string and the mel
he knew he was hitting q good length
but II above the string then he knew ina
his balls were going out, Small wonoei
that L.awford won the championship OF
1857, How many players Of the present
day would take such trouble TO master
one stroke? Not q n ! trow. A. +
Wilding was keen after this fashion. prac-
Using strokes in season and out OF season
and not sufIering anything to sthe his eveI
present intention to hit q ball about.
Il have heard Of q lone enthusiast who
practised lobbing on 9 tennis court al
by himself, hitting the ball from one cour!
t e sqGss'I i s sndn 90 e ON there rue Is seldom
the necessity perhaps. for such a desperat.
form Of practice and possibly little use Y
kind Of ardor. The best practice Is not
always that which consists Of a friendly
game with another player. The. too, oiten
fss0lys: isself into H, matuf recitation ei,Hr's 80 h avn
g o. be en msi ant and i would never DO e
lose to the player on the other side OF ths
net and have him boesf.ng n1 apTta "a sI 'n 3
confederation which Is all too influential.
more especially in small and provinciai elnPs
ps. 1sik srI &c 4 is The f d des Sset 70 Sin % mss Be Sc
present, but II must be. OF only ond
Importance. Always the PLAYER should
go for the right strokes. leaving c%onsioeas.
ton Of ~exped'ency to match anu 'o'f"""en'
For example. he should use his weak
backhand. In practice as muea as Dosage
Bali With his forehand. The whole object
Of prsodce IL to strengthen the weak strokes.
better the strong ones ana dexeiop new
games degenerate into rivalry between the
profitable to take out q boxful Of balls and
practise serving and driving with no 9ppon-
playing singles let the players see TO II ina
the singles posts are in their place, Inns
Ia an Important little detail. which IN prac-
tice 10 honored oftener in the breach than
This s~tasnstion.. which is admittedly
also to be the condition Of the game IN
America, No new player Of brilliant parts
has arisen for years past, The game pros-
pers and grows Just as u does here. piaysrs
multiply and v the ,SsIs ~ NC OF cs nam, siH IN ths
vanguard. America must still rely, upon the
PLAYERS who have hattled for her honor LOT
several years past-Iarned. Wright,
CLOTHES, Little. AiexandeI; &sorsh,n. at
oranse n. j.. viii be the main fixture
this Week. II 10 understood that the events
have drawn a capital entry ana a week
interesting work should be 10 order Inc
Orange Lawn Tennis Club Will have chaIgs
Club Of BROOKLYN will run OF It's tournament
IN H. a. Parker. the New Zealand. player
who Is TO be here In the fall. y q PLAYER OF
the hlst rank. Among his tities are ,he
S Sss.n zfsIsrd and S0" vict9 ais'Fs ehaimpionships.
Ais est point is hard hitting With an
vet It stays in the court. When, hit In this
tsshiGn he tS. ball n.a d snIs. IsEy 'S %hieh !. e very
pofhh.hs~l s az Golf Club has. an
nouneed a tournament beginning July !?
at the courts, Utica, N; 7; The events
will be singles and doubles. hsndiIap
prizee will be given to winners and runners
i'm in ALL classes,