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TOO PERFECT TENNIS?

DANGER OF BEING "SLAVES TO THEORIES."

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INDIVIDUALITY.

[By "Net Cord."]

of

In tennis in danger? By which question, one does not mean to sug- gest that as a world-wide pastime it io in danger of losing its status: t is far too mobile and democratic Yet one a pame for this to occur.

inclined to ank, In all seriousness, is the game, which now. pro thousands of people who International, National, County,

description and every other competitive tennis with attractive entertainment. in danger of losing Its great entertainment value? Is it to become merely an exposition of automatic art, shorn of all in- dividuality and personality, with players operating like mechanical devices,

where mistakes made have (no positive value?

Such a future is suggested the recent experiment made the cinematograph in relation

An a the technique of the game. result of these experiments it in claimed that the Baccuracy [ many of the accepted theories of lawn tennis have been discovered thereby indicating the necessity of

by

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to

EXCITING BOWLS MATCH.

FERGUSON BEATEN BY ONE SHOT.

HAMPTON THE VICTOR,

J. Ferguson, one of the favour- ites in the Colony's lawn bowls championship, was eliminated from the competition last evening on the, Craigengower greens when he met H. Hampton in the first round. It was a match, full of sensations, victory going to Hampton after 25 heads by the narrow margin of 21-20.

Ferguson opened with a two, and his opponent immediately drew level. At the fourth head, the pair were still level 3-3, but at the fifth Ferguson Jay two and gradually in- creased his lead unti at the twelfth he stood at 11-6.

At the thirteenth head, Hampton got a four, all his woods counting and scoring a single in the next he drew level with fils opponent, the

Reore being 11-all.

Ferguson registered five in the next, three heads, and at the seven- teenth had lead of 16-11. Hump- tou then enme, along with a two and a couple of singles and was this only one shot, behind, 15-16.

the in the twenty-serond bend couple were level at 17-all, and then lumpton registered two, leading 19-17. Ferguson then registered vised text books on the art.

three and was thas only one print The cinema-camera, we are told, from victory, but Hampion respond-

of the proves that past writers game, even though they include theed with two and thus way a very Fer- world's leading stylists and chamkeenly contested match.

It may be evealed that inac- pins, have been guilty of

Kuson was the Colony's champion their curate analyses of

Punter-up 1928 uni strokes, and have created "paycho-

following year, logical anomalies," which are technically wrong.

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Some Corrected Theories.

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Thus we are given the example women

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llow can one keep good bal- ance in the golf swing?

An oft-neglected, but very im- portant, item in the golf swing is balance. Many times you perhaps. Their have seen golfers rise to toos at the impact of club with to lo bail. This is impossible

It causes опе and retain balance, to fall into his shot, accesaltating a step forward with the right foot soon after the ball is hit.

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Notice in IL more comfortable position players of the world, in

the golfers how of the majority of teachers pro-Senorita de Alvarez, Miss Betty both for the backswing and pounding that in service, the ball Nuthall and Fraulein Aussem, to! simul- name only three, probably have and rucket should move

whereas the taremtsly.

einema more admirers, simply because they reveals that the ball is first thrown can offer something more than the up, followed by the swing of the mere perfect reproduction of the technique of the game. They in- racket.

troduce a note of individualism: a

dress, or a mannerism, style of certain stroke, which singles them

Again, the general conception of in the finish of a forehand drive that the arm is fully extended, but, if the cinema-cern is to hout. laken, as the authority, this is not movement of the No. the final

slightly stroke finding the arm bent, and in a position to effect the next stroke.

Barotra never fails to delight with his eccentricities, though no- body would be foolish enough to suggest they should be copied. They are his method of expressin Another extremely interesting individuality, and a certain charm theory is that dealing with stance, accompanies them which, nine the cinematograph destroying the times out of ten, will make a dis- point by play by him far more entertain- popular ideas on this

for anying than that of his compatriot, showing that a stance stroke, except service. is absolute-Henri Cochet. ly wrong.

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Cinematography gives another new precept in the technique of the game, by showing that the eye is pitin (contradistinction to the the existing beliefs) always ball, but that after making the stroke.

the vision continues focus on the position from where the ball was hit.

find Students of the game will

mort: than these new issues of passing interest. Many may even disagree with them, for a theory, when one adopted and put into is practice by the average man, not a thing which is lightly dis carded, even if newer idens obviously more sound and correct. Automatons.

are

at the kame:

Mrs. Wills-Moody and Cochet command respect because of their perfect ability Borotra and the Senorita claeve Rense of admiration and create a satisfaction among the spectators beesuse their play can be more easily interested.

ma-

and

Mile. Susanne Lenglen was, in the heyday of her brilliant career, regarded as an exemplary player from the technical viewpoint, but she never became wholly a chine, which probably saved her a boringly brilliant from being player.

Slaves to Theories. The game as a spectacle, therefore as an entertainment, is bound to lose its attractiveness on the day when players allow them- But another aspect of this re-

of Jawn teamis selves to become slaves to theories. volutionising technique, is its effect upon the Certain fundamentals must, of game as display, or an entertain- course, be set and observed, but ment. At the present time there the danger of mass production on are players who have made such a hard and fast lines of technique of has to be avoided if the pastime complete and thorough study theory, and put it into practice, is to retain its charm and popu that they are regarded na automa-larily.

Another question remains, will tons. Admittedly they have some- what justified their policy by secur- the abandonment of Individualis- ing premier honours in the world tic expression for the embracing of lawn tennis, but in so doing they of a suries of perfect strokes menn all better tennis? It would, In have probably sacrificed much.

ad-probability, level up the average The danger of these more vanced and complete theories of the standard, but it is doubtful if it

would do

would anything more. game is that it will produce

mean that a player like F. J. Perry similar effect upon the young ex-

to whom England is looking na t ponents of to-day, who are train-future world champion, would be ing to become the champions of to-future morrow. They will become little encouraged to discard his fore- less than machines, reared in an und drive, which is spoken af as perfection in being the past original and effec- atmosphere of stroke-production", "perfection in tive among the present-day lend

in allers of the game, for a stereotyped, foot-work", and perfection

time to devoting the other technical phases of the book-learned, stroke, which ung game. And if this is so, something

a

could sh. Ori- has to be excluded; personality, oney and distinctiveness would of the greatest asset of any player, fail before the demands of tech- is to be submerged under the as-nical perfection, a nosition which siduous influence of porfect la rather terrible to contemplate.

technique.

Ab the present time. the majority

Promote Natural Ability

The cinematograph can easily

of the world's leading players have refused to allow themselves to be prove of invaluable ald to the game, but its revelations must not Inveigled into concentration on taken too

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seriously. Natural

and

for

nothing else but faultless technique. They have retained their indivi-ability, even at the risk of slight dualities, which is one of the chief technical imperfections, must not reasons why the Wimbledon, For-be submerged beneath an array unalterable rest Hills and Davis Cup compoti-of constituted

theorica. Lions remain remarkable public

The prospect of future aspir- attractions.

nuts foranking everything Value of Individuality. the production of machine-like Mrs. Wille-Moody is enthusins-strokes and exemplary technique. tically regarded by the students of tenna theory as the world's best would be cortain to have an ad-

verse effect upon the game, an woman player, a conclusion which is well to remember that the play- is echoed by the masses, tot so or who makes a mistake through much with enthusiasm, but because exploiting an original stroke, and she has proved that her perfect can benefit from that mistake, le exposition of the finer points of far more entertainment than tho. the game is sufficient to beat any player who commits an error, and of her opponents. Yet is is highly is forced to realise that it is but doubtful if Mrs. Willa-Moody is the the result of a machine being out most popular attraction among the of order.

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