Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-04
BRAINS NEEDED
TO PLAY Tennis
Hard Training and Study Nee
essary to Make Efficient
Players - Eastern Match
Points Example

What is needed TO make a winning
tennis team can be pounded home no
more clearly than by telling the story
Of an eastern match In doubles In
which such well known stars OF the
net game as Raymond ID. Little and
Grstaye Touehard met Karl Behr and
Frederick C. Inman.
Assuming the player. By careful
training and clean life. has the
strength for a gruelfng pace at the
game. he must needs be well equipped
with defensive strokes, back hand or
fore hand, and there can be little dlf.
florence in the tkill with which these
are used IL one Is to be q winner.
Young players should analyze their
showing In the last summer and study
their deficiencies II they would better
their play for next year.
Another thing Is to set a high ideal
IN the game and play to reach Il. This
means mastering OF drives. overload
underhand. cross fire, change Of pace.
lohbing and killing the lohs. Once th4
technical skill Is obtained, then sr.n
&C me the study OF strategic attack and
defense, study OF court to be covered.
Row far To- 60 to spread over tue tev-
ritory needing guards. and then the
81 crt becomes FASCINATING.
! The story Of the match IN question.
played In New York recently, follows:
Touchard heg9n. the service. follow.
e. by Behr, Little and Inman. rhe
FIRST break in the service came with
hman's game. and as Touchard sacur.
ed the next IL gave Little and Touch
ord commanding lead &C fl In ft.s
first set. Inman steadied himself later
on so that his service was easily the
best OF the four, as hts aces on ner.
vice were splendidIy brought Oh. In
man showed his hand at this IN the
eighth game. as E discounted Liifles
swift low v0lIeys by takingtihs eano
IN aces after deuce had twice been
called. -. -. -. - !.
Behr opened the service n the sec
ord set. but lost the same - the
ciafty Touchard tricksd him b. cross.
ing shots Is ne Jumped Tor the net. Il
was then that the tide turned. now
ever, IS Behr beat back Lettiess VOL
|eys by most audacious overhead
-t'okes. while Inman's picking ont the
lcies sent the pair ahead to lead OF
III and So on games. Little gal-
entity tried to break through. He was
iaring to the point Of reckleasness.
however. losing his service in the sec
md, sixth and tenth games.
It was In the third set that TnmAn's
'ervice showed at its best. He scored
he first and fifth games at love. and
IS Behr also took the third game at
owe 1t looked as II 1t was all over. 30
ar az the old champions were con-
erned. Toucbard was woefully Err
attic In this set His shots to the
ides missed the alleys, and II proved
procession for Behr and Inm7n all
be way.
The phenomenal ability OF Little as
general Of the courts was demon
frat in the fourth set. He inspired
'ouchsrd to steadiness. while he out.
olleyed Behr. and bv singing the b7tI
. Inman's back hand. the right side
{ that PLAYER. he maHaged tn break
Trough Tnman's service for the firft
anne. The old champsons lifted fhci-
ecket work to 3 sizzling mace. forging
D lead OF 81. with Little taking
Re fourth game at love. the first that
ne old CHAMPIONS had talsen BY sueh
score Tcuchard by wonderful cross
lg shots against Behr, likewise toos
be sixth game at love. Little snd
cuchard kept Behr from working his
srrifie smashes in this set and nv
eating back the powerfully played vol.
vs. OF the internationalists carried
lie tally to two sets ALL