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...party of 200 students in Toronto, Canada, returning home late one evening last week singing songs, and raising a racket generally, was broken up by the police. One student, the son of a prominent member of the Dominion government, was given his choice by the court next day of paying a fine, together with costs, or of making a 30 days' sojourn in jail...
...immensely harder than it is in America. The advantage of this is obvious to anyone who has studied the game. In the American style of volleying, on the other hand, as the ball is seldom allowed to drop below the level of the net, the 'shaping' of the racket tells the receiver at once at what angle the ball is coming, and he is there to meet it. The low volley always keeps the ball low. I should recommend our players to take pains to acquire the low volley...
...waits, the better. The point is that a man should strike as soon as he is prepared. It is often good strategically and it gains time; and the better the player, the sooner he can afford to strike. 2. It is not evident why the "shaping" of the racket is more treacherous in revealing the direction of high volleys than of low volleys. 3. It is not true that "the low volley always keeps the ball low." As may easily be seen from a diagram, the low volley if it passes the net at the same height, and falls...
...racket used by Dr. Dwight, (made by Wright and Ditson) in his late match with Mr. W. Renshaw was very much admired by the English champion, who proposes to get one like...
...female the articulation of the humorous with the ulna and radius is imperfect, thus causing a constant angle at the elbow. When, therefore, the racket hits a ball, it tends to knock it high up in the air. Some have said that this defect is the chief in causing the female to be a poor tennis player. The smallness of her ribs, thinness of the scapula, and shortness of the clavicle unite to prevent her from reaching high balls. These defects, together with the unusually large size of the triceps extensor muscle, make it hard for the female to serve...