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"LAWN TENNIS AND HOW TO PLAY IT."

BY.

SUZANNE, LENGLEN,

Xo, 1.

PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:

SOME RACKET... AND HANDLE.

CHOOSING A

THE IMPORTANCE OF WEIGHT, BALANCE

WHAT TO WEAR ON THE COURTS.

or

SUZANNE

LENGLEN

DISCOURSES. (IN THIS SEI LES ARTICLES MELLE PLEASANTLY OF "THE GAME THAT I LOVE GIVING MANY VALUABLE HINTS ON HOW THE GAME SHOULD BE PLAYED AND DISCUSSING SOME OF THE OUT- STANDING PERSONALITIES OF THE COURTS. THE SECOND ARTICLE WILL APPEAR

IN THE DAILY PRESS ON THURSDAY,—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

BOXING.

BRITAIN STANDING STILL.

HEAVY-WEIGHTS MISSING.

MONEY NOT LACKING,

I do not agree with the last state- ment. It has been proved over and over

| again, and especially during the past few months, that when there is the promise of a really good contest people will dock Boxing, so far as Great Britain is to it in crowds. The attendances at the concerned, bust not yet become an all-Albert Hall best establish this; while the year-round sport, and although there there has never been a big night at the will be a few Sights, during the coming Ring when hundreda wire not turned summer-I have beard, incidentally, of! project to run a number of big, open-

If someone would only put on a' Sight air tournaments in London and the pro- outstanding enough to catch the popular viucrs--it may be assumed that the pre-imagination-and I admit it is not easy, sent season is rapidly approaching its although it is by no means impossible-

ALWAY

Spring and lawn tennis again! I am delicate shots-nay, I will go further, end, writes Trevor C. Wignall in the it would quickly be shown that there is

sure that in these days when the world wide popularity of the game I love is so thoroughly established, most sporting men and sporting women link one with the other.

Of course, you will say that it cannot mean as much to me, who is privileged

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render them almost impossible.

Now, as to the stringing. Ask for

What has it done for pugilism in this medium gut. There are three kinds recountry Are we, as a boxing nation, cognised in the trade, thin, medium and better than we were? Have we fallen thick. I always use the medium myself farther behind, or are we standing still?. and I think it gives the best results.

Of course, the racket must be strutig to play all the year round. Bnt. Just tightly, but here nguin a number of the same, it does: Even now I am leok.roung players make a mistake. A racket ing forward to seeing once more the ought, not to be atrung as hard as beautifully fresh green lawns at Wim-board. There ought to be sonie "give" bledon, for there is not-no not any in the strings, in order to let them, as where so wonderful a place to me. we say, "get hold of the ball." If you Old Wimbledon, in the Worple, Road? have a racket as hard as a board well, Well, yes, in a way. For it was there you might just as well play with that 1 won my first championship. Everboard. If the strings, when the ball is there"must be a soft spot in my heart struck, or you run your fingers over to that little centre court, with its them. give out a pleasant musical sound wooded stand which the present mighty then the racket is tight enough for aarthis is a view that is entirely erroneous. terraces make look almost comic. But thing. no. not comic to me. Those dear asso- ciations!

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Fashions in the shapes of the heads of rackets have changed a lot during the

as much money for boxing in Creat Britain as in any other country in the world, the United States only excepted.

Our great handicap is that we have ur heavy-weights of merit, of person.

I think the majority of the fallowersality, or of drawing power, Phil Scott,

whora have we left? No one-unless of the sport will agree that standing is our best, but when he is put aside, still" is the fairest term to apply to the present state of affairs. There have mention is made of Con O'Kelly, Charles beet many excellent contests, but it is to Chetwynd, anul Charlie Smith, be feared that the memory of them has. This trio arm all geed triers, but it is unfortunately only too true that there been somewhat dimmed by clearer re

poor

|åre middle-weights abroad, who would membrances of fights that were

ensily -beat-theny. It is axiomatic that boxing only fourishes when henvy- rough to be called farcical.„.

wrights are plentiful; and it is again a regrettable but necessary admission that in Great Britain they are practically non-existent.

QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY. And what of the boxers? Most people to-day hold the opinion that Britain has never had such a small number, but

I believe there are more exponents in the country pow than ever before, and this belief is substantiated by my knowledge

But New Wimbledon was surely necos./last few years. At one time makers that one match-maker in London has o13.

sary. People tell me that once upon time even the tiny stands on the old ground were very often half empty for most of this world's most famous meet ings. But look at the crowds to-day! I believe that not one person in a hundred who would like to go gets a chance of doing so. vast though the accommodation

is.

turned out rackets with long, narrow heads, and then they turned to frants which were nearly circular. Neither, in my opinion, is right. Just try to strike the happy medium.

his list the names of nearly 1,000 men.

GOOD LITTLE MEN

We have plenty of smaller men. Teddy Baldock," Kid ", Socka, Elky Clark, Kid Berg, Len Harvey. Jack Hood, Johany Sullivan, Alf. Mancini-all these, and others, are of uncommon skill. They are not all good, or clever, > Bot this again raises à point.. Isn't it a EVAD promising: indeed. this

bad mistake to work the very young ones match-maker told me the other day that—particularly those under twenty-as

they are being worked?

I do not advise beginners to use anywhen he had selected twelve names from Some his list he was no longer in a position kind of grips on their handles players use rubber, but I have found that to guarantee a worth-while contest.

Britain. it may be safely conjectured that the total of professional boxers in the connary-part-timers and full-timera. is very considerably greater than is generally supposed.

i only heats the hand and causes blis- The fact remains, however, that in one ters, while at a critical moment, one book along there are sufficient men to The truth is the whole world has taken cannot be sure that it will not split.form an infantry battalion. As there to lawn tennis as it has taken to no Then, if another is not immediately avail- are at inst twenty match-makers in Great other game, and its popuplarity is in-able, you will very probably have your creasing still.

game ruined. At Wimbledon last year Last year many of my Seung friends, noticed that a good many players used who were taking up the game complain-surgical plaster on their handles, It me that they found it almost certainly gives a good grip, but I always impossible to buy a good racket. The hold that a well shaped handle is suf. reason was they had forgotten the rush tfcient by itself, except for players who there would be for them, and bad goo have very dry hands. If the handle gets too smooth it is easy to riben file oyer too late.

it, and if, in hot weather, your hands get damp, there is always sawdust about I on the court.

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I always enjoy choosing a racket. To it is like looking through holiday programmes and wondering where shall go.

And I have seen so many Keep your racket in a frame. terrible examples of rackets in the hands strain on it, with the strings pulling it of my friends that I feel I must offer aja dozen different ways, is terrific, and evra the most seasoned wood will not few simple bints on choosing one.

If you ever hope to play the game stand it." Once a racket warps. it is wall you must have a racket- which is almost hopeless, although I have pulled produced by a first class maker. It is favourite racket back one or twice the worst kind of economy to sacrifice by means of keeping it continually in goodness for cheapness. Badly balanced the press. rackets, loosely strung, with huge handles and clumsy fraunes have a lot to ilo with the indifferent piny which we acc on some of our tennis courts.

Another little tip. If you play on s wet "day don't the strings of your racket when you have finished-just pat them with a dry handkerchief, otherwise Most people, I think, use rackets which they will fray. It doesn't matter about are far too heavy. At the very' outside, the strings getting out of place, as they unless one has an exceptionally strong will work themselves back, but Paying wrist, a racket should not weigh more means the approach of the end of their than 13 ozs. while half an ounce less life. If you have just one string trayed than,this will do no harm. Personally, in the racket, wind a piece of silk round

racket this way, for I am afraid that re-stringing is never really, very much good.

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I he said before that only about 50 boxers are able to devote themselves ex- clusively to the sport, and the assert: is repeated because it is truer now than In recent letter from the United States I was given the reason why za fighters of reputation from that country have visited its for more than a year.

"Our fellows." said my correspondent, will not "cross the water because you have no opponents on your side for them to fight, and also because they have come to the conclusion that there is no money for boxing in Great Britain.

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But there is one thing. I think which ought to be always insisted on. A girl's dress should be white. It may be pique, drill or linen-but it must not be coloured. I wear mine short enough to give me absolute freedom, and I always wear the belt loose.

In the old days i used to wear a hut

I never use any racket, more than 13 iz You may save the whole of the of straw, or other light material, which oz8. in wright. In the hands of the

I could pull over my eyes to shade off average player anything heavier than

the sun. After trying this for a very this will certainly slow the game down,

Lawn tennis balls to-day are very ex-

long time. I came to the conclusion that You must have a racket which feels as

the shade was more of a nuisance than though it were part of your hand, and pensive, and few people can afford new if it hangs, ever so slightly, owing to one very often. Here, then, is a tip help. That is why I adopted the ban- deau, a fashion which is being followed the fact of it being too heavy, your game which I picked up some years ago. will suffer and suffer badly.

When they get dirty brush them within England. I think, as well as in may

own country. It must

be evenly balanced. You can a stiff brush, and then rub them over

Don't wear heavy shoes. The enavaK gauge this for yourself, although the with dry pipe clay, seeing that it gets

ackets of most good makers will not sell into the covering. Let them standgymnasium shoe is the best of all, but it nerd to be tested. Put the racket on for a little while and then brush the pipe must be well Stting. I could tell your finger, just where the screw passes clay off with a stiff brush, and the balls stories of matches which have been lost through the neck. Ap evenly balanced will be as clean, and almost as good as. By ill fitting shoes. They tire you ́so, racket will remain balanced: if it is too new.)'

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An American critic who recently in- vestigated boxing in Europe returned home to write our of the most seathing articles on boxing in Britain I have ever read. He gave it na his considered view that boxing here was being kept under because the boys of most talent were

burnt out." while they were yet in their teens. The American expert, it may be remarked, did not make a dis covery. He merely repeated 'what maay "people in this country have been think

ing for months.

There should be a new regulation deal. ing with very young boxers and with veterans long past their prime. In Edin burgh Good Friday Taney Lee, who is now nearly 43 years of age, told me quite seriously that he was willing to make a match with Jimmy Wilde at 9st.

I had no comment to offer, but later, when I'watched Lee in a 10-rounds bout,... I found myself meditating.on the fealish- ness of the once-great" who refuse to acknowledge that their day is over. I was sitting as it so happened,, next to a retired fighter who had not made the wistake of trying to come back.

CAUSE FOR LAUGHTER? Sad. isn't it?" he said, with a sigh. But it will always be the same. The only, folk in the world who imagine they are superior to old age are boxers. But where's their sense i Don't they know that when they do things like this that their previous greatorsa ia instantanɛ- only blotted out!

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Don't they realise that they are judged on what they do at the last, and not on what they did when they were No wonder in their youth? there is so much laughter in present-day boxing."

I have thought since that these very acen rate observations might well be print. ed as a leaflet and posted to every boxer and every manager in Great Britain.

RUGBY

ASSOCIATION.

WHICH GAME STANDS HIGHER IN

-MORAL' WORTH?

in the current issue of English Life, the Headmaster of Sedbergh has a trep chant article on the controversy on the merits of Rugby and Association Foot-

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During the wat, and afterwards, some of the famous Soccer Schools went over to the Rugby game, and during the last year or so the Football Association and other bodies, seeing that the amateur side of Soccer was losing ground, invoked the help of the Headmastors' Conference to adjust matters.

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heavy in the head, the head will sink, Den't. whatever you do, use old balls

I think I have told you all that is and if it is too light the handle will which have lost their bounce. "In some necessary about equipment except that Mr. Weech says that he is not com

ink:

shops you will see last season's balls the net ought to have a centre tape. I petent to follow the argument of the author, who attacked Rugby in a previous There is another point on which advies offered at a very low price. Don't have have been surprised to notice when number, into the realm of morals. It seems to be needed. Some years ago them. They will ruin your game. If, have visited England how many tennis is a nice problem to decide which of the two games stands bigher in moral Fracket makers, even the best, started after playing with old balls, you are pets were without this. You can never worth Rugger calls every muscle icto turning out implements which had huge suddenly called on to play with new be quite sure that your net is the right play its possibilities are more varied; handles. If people had only known the pres, you will be right off your game, height, three feet in the middle and threets thrills keener.... renson for this they would not have taken As a matter of fact it is a different up the fashion. It was due to the fact gume altogether. You must get used to that Maurice McLoughlin, the American the proper bound of the ball, and your with the terrific service, used them. But cannot do this if the balls you use are Mr. McLoughlin's hand was about one bid-and worn. I am putting stress on and a half times the size of anybody this because it is very very important. elses. He wanted a big handle aad, Be- There is one thing, by the way, which cause he used one, other people did the we womenfolk have got to be thankful sanie! Can you think of anything more for in these days. That is the freedom ridiculous than a man or a girl with a we are allowed by fashion, in dress We tiny hand waing the same size of handle can wear, as you say in England, ns. McLoughlin Those big handles almost anything."' cramp the wrist and interfere with all

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Of course, Sedbergh is one of the strongholds of Rugby. Of Blues at Ox- ford and Cambridge, and of international caps, it has won any sumber

feet six inches at each side unless you have it pegged down with the centre' tape. Besides it provides a mark to aim alor rather & mark to keep away from when you are playing, if you are sick The Headmaster mentions Wavell Wakefield, the England Captain, but about this, and get used to playing with there is a forward quite as great hailing a net which is perhaps an inch lower from Bedbergh who captained Oxford and than it ought to be, you are storing up Scotland-Freddy Turner, who fell in the all sorts of trouble for yourself. When

And outside the serummage the free-quarter, 'I. A. Scholfield, and you are facing a net which is of the regulation height it will look so alto in recent times P. 9. Douty, the scrum half, who probably would have been play gether different that it will probably puting for England this year had he not had

Buch bad luck in the matter of injuries. you off your game.

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