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DEFORMING TENNIS.
SOME REFORMERS".
CRITICISED.
Mr. A.E. Crawley writes to the London Observer as follows:--
Criticism of the methods and regulations of a game is usually
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a sign, not of defects in the game,ing next session for demobilised but of intelligent interest on the men and other persons, are now part of players and spectators, published officially in a Syllabus Yet rules committees must sit and Time-table for the Session General very tight when these suggestions of 1919-20, with come forward. lest reformation Directions and Information for The five colleges result in deformation. To their Students."
the University, Univer- credit be it said, that rules con-of
College. King's College, mittees are generally a very sity sound-judging and hard-headed East London College, Bedford collection of sportmen. Recently College, the London School of both cricket and golf have been Economics and Political Science, through the furnace of re-leading which are conjointly giving effect to-deformation in the respective to the University scheme, are each matters of two versus three-day making substantial contribution
and of altering the
to instruction in the various sub- matches
jects which the scheme prescribes. stymie rule.
Some years
Students will also have the that very ago sound critic and player of lawn opportunity of attending special tennis. Mr. H. Roper Barretz.lectures on matters of current remarked to me propos) of public interest by persons of proposed alteration)recognised aurbority. A distin- "The game's all right: it's the ctive feature of the training will' players that are wrong" remind-te social meetings of the students, ing you of Mr. Barry Pain's when informal addresses on pro- "Conductor's "reply to the lady fessional questions will be de- who complained she had gotlivered by prominent journalists. into the wrong bus"-"The Among those who have already bus is all right, mum, it's consented to render the scheme that's wrong.
some
Gardiner, Mr. J. L. Garvin. Mr. C. L. Graves, Sir Owen Seaman, Mr. J. C. Squire, Mr. J. A. Spender, Mr. A. B. Walkley, and Mr. Hartley-Withers.
Demobilised
this service are Dr. W. L. Court- Lawn tennis in Victory (orney, Mr. Robert Donald, Mr. A. G. Peace) year bas had a great boom and it is one of the penalties that in the silly season it must Buffer from a sniping of suggested reforms. As already stated, the fact indicates interest. It is worth while to discuss some of these, as they are typical of the way in which the "would be reformer and-more likely deformer, goes about his self-way imposed crusade. All games. from time to time go through the experience: at the moment. it just happens that lawn tennis is the best example.
.
PATTERSON'S SERVICE.
As I travelled home from tournament last June, in which Mr. Gerald Patterson has been wiping the floor with an English international, thanks to is wonderful service. I heard my vis-a-vis say, "It's a scandal, and ought to be stopp d." i replied, "Which?" He explained. "This
service; it ruins the game." I ventured to suggest that it was up to the other people to find a counter to it. ...
son.
officers and men who are accepted for this course may apply for assistance under the Government Scheme for Higher Education" of ex-Service Students in the same
University! as for other
courses.
should be an overwhelming pre- ponderance then ruies commit- ices will ag.
An ingenious critic. Dr. F. H. Pearce, analysed a number of matches in the recent champion- ships at Wimbledon. He finds that if "game" could have been reached by the player who first rored two consecutive points after deuce 274 points would have been saved in nineteen singles and 198 in twelve doubles. His suggestion is simply the old "advantage-all." Certainly the reversion to this best out of three points would shorten matches, and genes in which deuce is called ten or twenty times are apt to pall,
It is a truism that in doubles the side serving has the advantage. When the server comes into vouli, as Messrs. Davis and Ward did, with a new
The same suggestion might be delivery, they have a still further made for the set: the player, after advantage, and so las Mr. Patter-five-all. first to score two games But it is men like these, winning the set. which could who improve the game, and help never consist of more than thirteen it towards, perfection.
games, thus: 1-5 or 76. I When the Americans showed believe the record set was won at us the "American" service a
the score of 24--22. Such a mem well-known critic wrote that the math set is in time and energy service was a "foul stroke." the expended equal to four average ball being hit, not merely twice.
sets. A series of euch might reduce but three times, off the wood at
a match to a mere trial of endur- one side of the racket, then on ance. For the purpose of prevent- the centre, and lastly off the wooding abnormal length of sets the at the other side. Some criticism!ahove suggestion is better than Certain gentlemen, interested in that of Base-line who advocates the matter, tested it by the simple the best of three sets only for all method of using a racket smeared matches. but each set to be 9 with wet paint. From the marksgames up instead of 6. Here there left on the ball it was proved that would have to be the best of 3 the length of contact with the games when the players reached Jacket was never more than we
games all." inch. It is well known how Messrs. S. H. Smith and H. L Doherty dealt with the American service. And their dealing in- proved the game; there was no more question of ruling out this service.
Matches have often been lost and won by a ball which hits the top of the net and trickles over.. impossible of return. Many have! suggested that a net-cord ball should be a "let." as it is in service: som that it should score against the striker.
Now a sugge-tion is made tin view of the dominance, of the
THE LAR IR BAT. server-if he can serve that ball shall not be in play" until the limit in any way as they do in
The laws of the game do, noti striker-out has returned the ball cricket) the size of the bat. Mr. over the net. If this proposal were adopted, it would mean that. W. Donisthorpe (and one dis. the striker-cut has the right to ciple) has been playing fur a mammoth
some years with
man
7.
refuse to return a service, and racket, which gave the French will refuse unless it is easy enough
Gobert for him to make a good return. Wimbledon.
¥ fright It is a curious thing that in the gives the player a longer reach. The extra Vize "early days of ball games the initial
but-it-makes-bi-stroke-less crisp: stroke (service) was regarded merely as an institution of play, his stroke slow, Some players its increased weight also renders not as an offensive operation. A have been so bothered by the boy was employed to throw the pudding character of the balis ball in, or a ball-throwing machiné did the work. Another suggestion want the authorities to fix a coming from this racket that they is that the server shall not be allowed to volley the return of As a matter of fact, Mr. Donis standard of size and weight. his service. Still another is to thorpe has had to work enormous- limit the service to one delivery.ly hard to learn the body move-
THE CHARK OF THE GAME.
ments necessary for manipulat- Times without number it hasing this huge weapon, and, as a been suggested that the server matter of practical politice, the should be handicapped; a line giant racket has killed itself. was to be marked some way. There are rumours that the behind the base-line; or he L.T.A. is shortly about to revise was to replace his swinging foot the laws of the game. In the behind the base line before ad- matter of wording they seem here! vancing to the net after deliver and there to need it. But we trust fng the service. But more than that the committee will deal half the charm of the game and steraly with such suggestions as it is 80 in cricket between have been mentioned above, bataman and bowler, is the which would only result rivalry between server and deforming the game. And when striker-out. Make that a game is spoilt by excessive keen as possible, and the game tinkering it will be given up by. will look after itself. If there serious athletes,
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WORKS LEVEL.
TOTE,
10 Below
13- Below
Lewal with Overtow
Below
Ista
Byena Bytem folet.
II.
Tytam Tak
DveLow ** Below
changema Peklam
Greslow 5- Behro
Overton
4-4 Bulow Overige
19-1 Below
ove.dow G-3 Above
5-11 Relaw
overdow #6.3 Eelow
OTEBOW
3-5 Below
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#TORAGE IN MILLIONS AND
DECIMALS OF GALLONS.
Itam Bash
Ty fatermedia
Iram Tok Wase-se-chro
Lys with
300
1-3
195 7,414.25
3161
127.
147491
16-04
6.55
5474
2,186 84
Constant apply iz al distriste daring October
el both gut and 1910
TOWLOON WATERWORKS LEVIL.
Towloon
tyri
Dra
vitation Sa Bdow
Below
STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND
DECTWALS OF GALI OFA. Kowloga Gra
Vilat:co
Reservoir
4.15
.251-63
Consumption water in Kowloon is milli d decimale of gallops during the mouth of October. ContiSIN Estimated popola 108 109 104300
Coruptios par 1.76
erd per day
100
The Government kaaijet's reports show slinż, the water is of excellent quailty.
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