New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-22

Skill squash causes the PLAYER 10 observe
lhe important rule providing that he must
| race the side walls and not the front wall
OF the court While In play To attain pro-
I hciency he must also stroke the ball from
a low degree OF pitch. There Is also the
similarity that his strokes must be gagged
TO accommodate playing both with the bound
Of the ball as IL glsnces of the walls and
also 10 play against the ball on It's quick
and direct returns. This is In directly the
opposite position to lawn tennis for in
stance, where every stroke is against the
balls movement as II comes 10 the COM
petitor across the net
In an attempt 20 standardize the game Il
was found that the best length for the
squash court was 81 feet inches The
width, Is feet inches. The front wall has
a playing face Is feet high The service
line, above which the ball must strike on
the serve Is six feet above the floor, with
the play line-or top OF the telltale-rislng
two feet from the floor. Following the
serve the ball must strike above the tell
tale In many Of the courts the telltale
space is sheathed in sheet iron. so that
false stroke may be easily determined IN
the rapidity Of play by the ringing Of the
metal
a cross court line is placed q feet S
inches from the front wall. The court Is
bisected by a line from the front to the
back wall. The latter has a playing space
Of feet inches in height. Above this is
a wire netting which protects the specta-
tors gallery from the bounds Of the ball
The side walls are twelve feet in height
Despite this ruling, however the custom
prevails Of having the sides OF the same
height as the front wall
As the game is played. the server starts
the ball going standing behind the cross
court line either 20 the left or right of the
dividing mark. The ball must hit the front
wall up or ABOVE the service line. on
the rebound il must fan into the rear court
space opposite that in which the service
was begun. Only two players may engage
iu-the game, so the hand-out receives the
ball. According to the rules In use on some
courts a service ball striking a side wall
counts merely as a fault. Two faults are
allowed a server before he forfeits the
ball. on others rally is permitted should
the service fairly return.
Scoring is done by points. or aces the
total Of 10 counting the usual game for the
ace is scored for the hsnd-in. or server
who alone may score when his opponent
returns the ball 10 the tell-tale, interferes
with the fight OF the ball without making
a fair stroke or causes the ball to strike
the roof or otherwise go out Of court.
The ball may not be hit on the second
bounce and il is dead II it hits a player be-
low the knee.
A game Is ended al Is Up for the winner.
The custom Of setting" as in racquets also
holds in squash. When the points tally a.
l3-an the hand-out may set the game 10
either or additional points. At 14-all
the out-player can set the game 70 only
if he so elects. II is the custom TO alter
nate the service, this position OF vantage
passing 10 the hand-out as the server PLAYS
a faulty stroke.
Squash. as variation Of racQuetS. car
ries with 1t all the technique that applies
10 the more ancient game What is true
Of racquet strokes IL equally applicable TO
squash. The same mannuvres of the fore
hand and backhand strokes work with tell
ing effectiveness. The volleying may be as
terrific and when the ball is sizzling around
the walls in its fast flight the nerves OF
the player, az well as eye and hand. must
be steady indeed IN order 70 make the re-
turn fairly Then there are the half vol