Author : Oliver S. Campbell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330046715
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (467 download)
Book Synopsis The Game of Lawn Tennis and How to Play It by : Oliver S. Campbell
Download or read book The Game of Lawn Tennis and How to Play It written by Oliver S. Campbell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Game of Lawn Tennis and How to Play It The familiar recipe for making rabbit stew says that you must first catch your rabbit; likewise in playing lawn tennis you must first have your court. Courts may be three kinds - clay, dirt, and turf or grass the first being the rarest, the second the most common and the last the best. The first fundamental principle of a tennis court is that it must be level, and the second and equally as necessary that It be smooth. Scientific tennis cannot be played on the side of a h 11, neither is a polo field conducive to skillful work. This consideration cannot be too forcibly impressed upon the beginner or devotee and a piece of ground that at first sight seems perfectly horizontal will upon investigation be found to vary a foot or more from the strict level. See that your court is absolutely true to start with, for If you do not you will never make it a first-class one, however much labor you spend upon its subsequent improvement. The first expense of a clay court is greater perhaps than In the case of either of the other two styles and experience has not made it a favorite with expert players. The hard surface is very trying to the feet and the high bound of the light ball does not conduce to the better grade of scientific play. The most perfect examples of these courts are to be found in those of the Far and Near Club, of Hastings on-Hudson, and that of Dr. Havens, at Nahant, Massachusetts on which the annual Nahant invitation competition is played A brief description of the latter will serve as a good laid out typical clay court is made. The space to be occupied is first laid out and then the whole area excavated to a depth of about three feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
