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...Student indulges in the following scientific explanation as to "why a girl cannot play tennis": "The first difficulty is found in grasping the racket. This is due to the fact that in the female hand a layer of adipose tissue makes the hand too rounded firmly to hold the handle. Consequently, if a ball strikes the side of the racket, the racket turns and the ball bounds at a right angle to the line by which it came. This effect is heightened by a quick out ward swing of the hand, caused by the small development of the os lunare...
...ever a racket you're needing...
...racket and balls...
...victorious in the Newport Tournament for the Lawn Tennis Championship of the country, in August. In the final singles, Sears easily beat Dwight three out of five sets, with a vantage set, his score being 6-2, 6-0, 9-7. He takes the Horsman trophy, a diamond studded racket and a cup offered by the Casino, and a bronze plaque with a representation of a tennis court done in silver wire...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: A sample of the saving the Co-operative Society effects its members may be seen from the following: One tennis racket, $4.35; retail, $5.50. One net, $2.50; retail, $3.50. One set poles, $0.80; retail, $1.00. One set guy-ropes, etc., $0.65; retail, $0.75. One-half dozen Ayar's reg. balls, $2.90; retail, $3.50. Total cost to member, $11.20; total cost at retail, $14.25; saving to member, $3.05. Two dollars is the membership...