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 723
much closer to the ground thanmight be expected. In Fig. 5 thespin tends to make the ball rollbackward along the ground, so itwill bound not so close to theground as it otherwise would; it I TENNIS 1H TENNIS may bound straight up, or evenbackward a little. By giving the m^ > Fig. 4. Fig. 5. ball… … *S4J/i^tll^^ Fig. 6. to expect; so, skillful players gener-ally use the cuts only in connectionwith very swift strokes. A strokethat is sometimes used close to thenet is made by loosening the holdon the racket just as it hits the ball.The ball thus bounds very littlefrom the racket, and simply…
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