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Lawn tennis derives its name from the French tenez, hold, as in striking the ball, the racket must be firmly held. The game originated in France, in the 15th century, and Louis XI., Henry II., and Charles IX., were expert players. M. Borre, who died in 1873, for many years superintendent of the tennis court at the Tuilleries, was considered the best player who ever lived. The oldest English tennis court was built early in the 16th century, in Hampton Court Palace...
...govern: Best two-three sets without vantage sets, unless the players change sides at the end of every game of the odd set, when such set will be a vantage set. Finals will be best 3-5, vantage sets. All matches will be drawn by lot. A prize racket will be given in the singles, and two rackets as prizes in the doubles. Entries, which must be accompanied by an entrance fee of fifty cents for each single player and one dollar for each pair, may be made at Bartlet's, on or before Saturday, May 12th...
...four-handed racket match for the championship of the English universities was played recently at Belgravia near London, between Oxford and Cambridge men, and Cambridge won the match by four games to one, making a total of 60 aces against 22. The score in 27 matches now stands 14 for Cambridge and 13 for Oxford. From 1869 to 1875 Oxford won seven times in succession, and from 1876 to 1883 Cambridge has had a series of uninterrupted victories. The single-handed game was also won by Cambridge by a score of three games to one. Twenty-six single handed matches...
...small racket has now been tried for several years, and it seems that at last their uselessness is agreed upon by nearly all the prominent players of the country. Poorer players could not play with them at all, and their only pretension was aiding in swiftness when in the hands of good players, which is as easily attained in rackets of larger heads. The new styles have reached the other extreme, being of a larger size than has appeared before, and strong wrists will be necessary to successfully play with these, for if they are made of light weight...
...game, and, in spite of the patriotic efforts of Minister Schenck, is not yet received with favor in England. "The game in which this misuse of terms is most rampant, and to which I especially desire to direct attention," the writer concludes, "is lawn tennis. Players and manufacturers call 'rackets' 'bats.' Cricket is played with a bat, lawn tennis with a racket. 'Strokes' are often called 'points' and 'aces;' a 'service' is called a 'serve;' a 'rest' is known as a 'rally;' the 'sides' (of the net) become 'ends;' the 'striker out' is transformed into the 'non-server...