The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-27
Y lue Of Tennis

One of the best authorities On /
sports in the world places tennis above |
all other outdoor games. and in an
article published in the famous Eng
fish sporting paper, The Field" tells
Of the fine points of the game
There are many who do not thor
oughly appreciate the value of lawn
tennis as both mental and physical
training, Tennis is game which calls
for many of the highest qualities
which a man should possess. To ex.
Gel at 1t one must have courage, stam-
MIA. strength. tempered with restraint.
equanimity under adverse circum.
stances, quickness of eye and mind to
see and decide, and body and limbs
to execute. Tennis develops these
qualities
In this game there Is required CON
siderable strength to drive, serve and
smash. but this must be accompanied
with sufficient restraint to keep the
! ball within proper limits At golf the
player has stationary ball to think
about and settle himself down COM
fortably before he plays his stroke,
and his opponent does not stand in
front of him with extended club and
doing his best to intercept and ruin
his shot. But at tennis the player not
only has to put up with this, but he
must rapidly review in his mind how
that ball left his opponents racket,
Int rot h,c n 1a<
do when it hits the ground. and he
must also from his opponents atti-
| tude, decide what the latter is going
| to do to try to spoil the effectiveness
of his return for every ambitious play
| err directly he has made good stroke
| will take position at the net or
| elsewhere to cover as much of the
court as possible and SO spoil his
! opponents return. The players are
i in direct personal and individual con-
| f1ict with the same ball as medium
of strife. In golf the players good
or bad play does not effect the posi-
ton of his opponents ball.
There is no game, where a mans
| individuality has such scope as In ten
mis-; his best shots are snapped up at
the net and spoiled he has not the
sense of divided responsibility as in
baseball He must call up all his re-
4 sources and realize that it is he, ano
I he alone. who must by his quickness
: of thought and action strive to win.
Then again there is the great scope
which is open to the scientific player
d who understands what can be done by
rotation of the ball.
There Is no game that will so vel
& develop the best qualities in the
: youth What boy is in his play he
: frequently is in work. Make him quict
I and alert in his play, and it Is NOR,
than likely the characteristic vii
, enter into his everyday life.
There is not finer game and Il
! these days, when the cry of physica
! deterioration is resounding throughou
the country, the game should be en-
courages as much as possible to max
the growing youth healthier and NOR
e active and alert men and women ii
L every way.
Few people realize the high plac
tennis already occupies in the game
: of the world. 1t may already quit
fairly be styled the most internations
of games Tennis is played in Ru.
STA, Germany, Norway, SwedeI
France, India. Australia, and all Bri
ish colonies, besides many lands nc
!, mentioned. fof what other game ca
q this be said9 1t is growing in pop
larity all over the world.
I England now holds the world
. championship, which was won frol
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