The sun., 1910-10-09

plav. hv me~,tng men with whose stvls hs
~ unfamiliar and getting beatsn by some
so-' all"d crack bu' Shil" " - md douh'edly
an adv aHtage for the novice TO play against
men much batter than him-.if the notion
mat -ufi"ien'V of tournament play - all
he needs IN iitne to make him champion
lu-ion from which too Wany young players
arr Are Ilnerinf shout a. reasonably might
faithfully ~ grand opera
There are several reasons uhy many q
man pus-esSing all he phN-icsl aitribui -
r"uui~it" Tor r-i class player fails To be-
com" one and the chief of these reasons ia
that IQOst Of these PLAYERS ara wholly aud
fearf'Illy self made they have never h.sn
taught The game A. a result most Of them
do not know how 20 make the simplest
strokes pTOpsTlv. while IN" T'idimen'aTy
h. ar" wholly unknown to them The
nov 100 At tennis seldom or never re'eiy~-
anv oompet"nt "oa"h,nS Ne picks uP
the game a. b~si ~ can by PLAYING with
other novices, during which process h- q.
'"riHin 10 a Iuir" great many faults Ot
bir 10 gc' rid of. n indeed he ever realizes
the ne, es-ity of doing
n would hardly be sn eHAgRerailon %
say that - Least nine ont Of Ten plaverS sho
take NJ the game are so badly hHudi' app-d
~ the start bv tht- lack of skilled coaching
that there is practically no rhau'" Of their
ever acuuirlns ,ort~'' form or develop
ins halt the proficiency they might have
STAINED had iheN been taken la hand .arlg
plav
Another aim u-i insurmouHi able Oh
-IH'i" Ia 'ha success Of most tennis ulsNsrs
- their curious inability or unw ilinsue--
70 recognize their mistakes anu To correct
hem 10 The observer u sometime seems
a. though The average PLAYER mus leave
Nrst brains he has IN the "luDhOt-- hen
he gOe- uui TO play. for he 49, rarely acts a.
th"gSh b" had thsm With him On The rOur'
again and again N match he viii De
gull'v ~ making lie same -iuuid aud fatal
ni-ia sn'h ~ 'rNinE 10 NOll~y from he
bsrE 81 M" coufI. ur TuShinE ~ lldiv 10 the
A al Ia
-Of' Of Rams " hich ~ Ouly too BlainiV
eNa,ty 20 his opponent liking he
a'-rage player IN short, uses everything
bui ht- head 10 irving 10 win
he - apparently too nuECh OOn'srns Il
s-s f.ls ~ ,I,,ns to nI,nE on some iay"r,,s
r-AV klud 10 give any thought tO anything
"l-" u T. a- though he were fatally OBJ
-"--"d "Iih The idea that he must win th"
point ~ one particular waV OF NOT a. all
guitr obliyiOu- to the fact that his precise
purpose .'is main notion IN 60 end the
Iolni ob. say oT another - soon - pos
.his seldom does he eyince The slightest
di-pO-itiOn TO plan ahead for a shot. To try
20 work bis opponent oui of position or to
keen him guessing - TO lust what rOTf Of
stree 10 eNpeCf neNt
contest h"i Ne~n two ulavers of this
KIND u usually q slambanR hU OF miss anaiT,
which provides more amusement than real
In tho 81 rier Stages of Any large 'ourna
fneni one NAV $50 mon who have b~~n
PLAYING tennis for wears and years rapeat
Of execution wh"h make their play inR
se~m like that Of the veriesi iyro Thess
men have time and again watched the best
PLAYERS of this country compeie they are
not G-ii' t-u ia powers Of observation or
mental asi,lieness and vet 10 Naich hem
one would think them ignorant NJ sii the
finer pointn 81 tho game The adage thar
you cant teach an old dog new tricks s~ema
10 apply With peculiar force ~ The case Of
playefz Ike Gh~se Their sf-ls. n such "
can h@ called. VAS formed long ago. and.
de-piie - Elating imgerfectlo lons OF which
thev appear hiissfully unconscious they
cling 'enart0uslv to II and rely vatnly On
agility. -tsadness or luck TO give them
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