Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 343
help the be-ginner to judge the flight of a tennis-ballthrough the air, and to estimate the angle anddistance of its rebound from the ground, whilemerely skipping a rope will teach a girl tojudge distance and speed. One of the great-est elements of success in lawn-tennis is thisability to judge… … to reach an imaginary point in the air after it hasbounded, so that the racket may meet it atexactly the right time and place. I rememberhearing Goodbody, the famous English expert,who played in America several years ago, say,one day, that he was feeling in perfect condi-tion for a match. I believe…
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