Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-14
MILLIONS PLAYING TENNIS !
INJUSTICE TO CALL SPORT
GAME FOR MOllYCODDLES
Calls for best in Plnycrs-t:rent for
Young and beneficial to Otd-
Persons.

r"unis calls for the hes, there. IL in
4 person; for the utmost in mental
effort and the utmost in physical
The greatest injustice that ever has
been done |" tennis is To refer to it
as 'mollyco,idle's" game 1, is "A
iinIs cannot Slay 1t calls for more
c%.rtion and more skill than does base
bali or even football. No one can play
tennis wh" isn't in extremely good
physical condition. because the strain
Of the game viii wear down quickly
All those who are not physically tit
If YOU play tennis yourseif YOU know
the truth of this statement. If you
don't play it. il might be worth your
Will. to watch the playing of a few
sets some tirne-to watch the whirl-
wind action OF the players.
Tennis requires it's devo,ees :" be
ION their toes" every second of mo
game. Bne. You hit the bail and
send ii sailing over the net, after "a
hard chase or your part TO meet 1t
before it bounds out of your reach
DO YOU then get chance "a rest?
No. none AT all. because ii second after
YOU hit that ball your opponent has
driven IL bacls at YOU. Sometimes il
rs headed straight at you, but oftcuer
u il as far Away from you rs YOUR
70" can land it; That's the .ame--to
place the ball where the other fellow
can't hit il.
The net game really is :. game FOR
the young. 1t asks 80 much IN speed
and endurance that the older folks
tennis player. rs fizzle He cannot
cover ground rapidly and, as a result,
ne is Just "a joke as an opponent.
Tennis is a game that has come to
the fore during the past I'VE year.
With wonderful rush, despite preju-
die Years ago il was - rich mans
game There were few public tennis
courts. and the only courts were those
conducted in connection with the ex-
elusive country clubs. But times have
changed.
There are millions Of tennis players
10 the United states to-day where
there were only thousands q few Years
ago The municipal authorities in the
various cities found that tennis was
real same-and Il beneficial one. So
they installed courts in their public
parks. Persons IN many cities who
owned vacant lots recognized the grad
maily increasing popularity Of tennis
and have built courts on these lots
For those who are able to play the
came. ther" is no athletic contest that
furnishes more mental or phySica! OK
crcisc. Tho constan, chasing after the
ball from one side 10 the other brings
The blood into healthy circu!ation and
- hardens practically every muscle
IN the body Those VINO play tennis
constantly. rarely know 4 sick day.
merely because tennis j. the best CON
d!tioncr known
Md tennis develops the brain as
much as il develops the BODY :, slow
thinker never becomes a good tennis
player. but the wits OF "a slow thinker
always are sharpened Il bit by p,avinC
mo game. ones brain must move
win the speed OF lightning 10 keep
up with Tic shifting conditions
i'm The game.
"Aicrtness is the Keynote of tennis
wrote one expert Ana he is right.
To play good game of tennis one
must % alert in hody and brain. one
must follow every movemen; OF that
ball, and, a. times. anticipate il. Ones
brain must move quickly, and ones
body must follow Instantly the die
tatcs of the brain. Tennis is a game
in which fractions OF seconds often
times mean defeat or victory.
II YOU would he healthy ana sharp
witted, try tennis.