TennisLongmans, Green, 1891 - 484 Seiten |
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advantage Alfred Lyttelton amateur Annals of Tennis back-hand stroke ball in-play base-line beat best players better bisque Cambridge champion championship meeting chase competitors contest cricket dedans defeated difficult Ditto double drop Dwight end-wall England Club fault fifteen floor foot force fore-hand gallery George Lambert give ground half-court half-fifteen half-volley hand hard hazard-side important Ivo Bligh J. M. Heathcote ladies Lawford lawn tennis lawn-tennis players laws less Longue Paume Lyttelton marker Marylebone Cricket Club match matter Messrs Miss odds opponent over-hand Oxford partner Paume pent-house Pettitt play position possible practice Prince's Club Queen's Club R. D. Sears racket real tennis Renshaw rest return the ball rule score server service-line side side-line side-wall spectators striker striker-out style success Tennis court tennis players tennis scoring tion Tompkins touch tournament twist umpire victory volley volleyer wall weight Wimbledon winner wrist
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Seite 420 - ... make more noise and do as little good, such as making war and peace, making speeches and answering them, making verses and blotting them, making money and throwing it away. But the game of fives is what no one despises who has ever played at it. It is the finest exercise for the body, and the best relaxation for the mind. The Roman poet said that " Care mounted behind the horseman, and stuck to his skirts." But this remark would not have applied to the fives-player. He who takes to playing at...
Seite 421 - He was the best up-hill player in the world; even when his adversary was fourteen, he would play on the same or better, and as he never flung away the game through carelessness and conceit, he never gave it up through laziness or want of heart.
Seite 448 - ... each set, unless the number of games in such set be even. It shall, however, be open to the players by mutual consent and notification to the umpire before the opening of the second game of the match to change sides instead at the end of every set, until the odd and concluding set, in which they shall change sides at the end of the first, third, and every subsequent alternate game of such set.
Seite vii - PREFACE. A FEW LINES only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on ; but one Library, or succession of volumes, which treats of the Sports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen — and women — is...
Seite 420 - ... was certain, his hand fatal, his presence of mind complete. He could do what he pleased, and he always knew exactly what to do. He saw the whole game, and played it ; took instant advantage of his adversary's weakness, and recovered balls, as if by a miracle and from sudden thought, that every one gave for lost. He had equal power and skill, quickness and judgment. He could either outwit his antagonist by finesse, or beat him by main strength.
Seite v - HAVING received permission to dedicate these volumes, the BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS and PASTIMES, to His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously and quickly than His...
Seite 67 - If both players win five games, the score is called gamesall ; and the next game won by either player is scored advantage-game for that player. If the same player win the next game, he wins the set ; if he lose the next game, the score is again called games-all...
Seite 421 - Street, and made seven and twenty aces following by services alone — a thing unheard of. He another time played Peru, who was considered a first-rate fives-player, a match of the best out of five games, and in the three first games, which of course decided the match, Peru got only one ace. Cavanagh was an Irishman by birth, and a house-painter by profession.
Seite 455 - The draw shall be conducted in the following manner : Each competitor's name shall be written on a separate card or paper, and these shall be placed in a bowl or hat, drawn out one by one at random, and copied on a list in the order in which they have been drawn.
Seite 447 - The server shall not serve until the striker-out is ready. If the latter attempt to return the service, he shall...