The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 722
Fig.2. tion. This is done by cutting, aswill be explained below. Some of the different modes of striking theball, in service and return, are shownin the figures. Figs. 1-3 and 6represent methods of service, andFigs. 7-ID return strokes. Practiceand judgment are required tochoose the proper one.… … To cut the ball is to strike it sothat it will spin in the air, by hold-ing the racket not squarely but alittle sidewise. If it be made tospin, as shown by the curved arrowin Fig. 4, while moving from left toright in the direction of the largearrows, the spin will tend to makethe ball roll forward…
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