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Tennis John Moyer Heathcote,Edward Oliver Pleydell-Bouverie,Arthur Campbell Ainger Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1890 |
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Alfred Lyttelton amateur Baddeley ball in-play base-line bisque byes C. M. Newton called Cambridge champion championship chase competitors contest cricket defeated difficult double drop E. W. Lewis end-wall England Erwood Eton Eton fives fault fifteen 15 fifteen Five-sixths fifteen of fifteen fifteen One-sixth fifteen Two-sixths Five-sixths of fifteen floor fore-hand Four-sixths of fifteen front-wall game of rackets Gentlemen's Singles George Lambert ground H. S. Barlow half-volley hand hard Hillyard ladies lawn tennis laws Longue Paume Lyttelton Marylebone Cricket Club match matter meeting Messrs Miss odds One-sixth of fifteen opponent over-hand owed Oxford partner pepper-box play position Prince's Club Queen's Club racket court racket player referee Renshaw return the ball rule score serve server service-line side side-line side-wall Steedman striker-out stroke style successful Tennis court tennis scoring Three-sixths Four-sixths touch tournament umpire volley W. J. Hamilton wall weight Wimbledon
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Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 67 - If both players win five games, the score is called games-all; 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 gamesall...
Side 445 - IH, dividing the space on each side of the net into two equal parts, the right and left courts. On each side of the net, at a distance of 21 feet from it, and parallel with it, are drawn the service lines KL and M N.
Side 459 - ... horizontal column until the vertical column is reached which bears at the top the number of the class of the inferior player. The odds specified at the intersection of the two columns are the odds required. Example. — If Class 3 has to meet Class 9, start from the figure 3 in the diagonal line of figures, and look horizontally until the vertical column is reached headed by the figure 9.
Side 421 - He used frequently to play matches at Copenhagen House for wagers and dinners. The wall against which they play is the same that supports the kitchen chimney, and when the wall resounded louder than usual, the cooks exclaimed, ' Those are the Irishman's balls...