The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . asingle ball being touched by his opponents THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. racket. There is no fun in either playing orwatching that sort of thing. The heavy cut (akind of slicing stroke, as in Tennis; makes the ballcome incredibly fast off the back-wall. But it is the back-wall which gives the game agood deal of its charm and beautv—the back-wallstroke and the half-volley. These are the mostgraceful strokes to be seen in any form of Latham excels at them. He seems to be ableto whip round the long racket withi
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . asingle ball being touched by his opponents THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. racket. There is no fun in either playing orwatching that sort of thing. The heavy cut (akind of slicing stroke, as in Tennis; makes the ballcome incredibly fast off the back-wall. But it is the back-wall which gives the game agood deal of its charm and beautv—the back-wallstroke and the half-volley. These are the mostgraceful strokes to be seen in any form of Latham excels at them. He seems to be ableto whip round the long racket within the space of In England there should be many more matchesbetween clubs, like those between the QueensClub and the Manchester Club in 1901. In Americathere are plenty of matches, and especially exhibi-tion matches. There should also be Internationalmatches. Teams should go over to America,where, at the three leading clubs (New York,Boston, and Philadelphia), they are sure of ahearty welcome and a keen, if not a first-class,match. And a first-class match can easilv be. INTERNATIONAL DOUBLES AT LATHAM AND MR. EUSTACE MILES (ENGLAND) BEAT GEORGE STANDING AND TOM PETTITT (AMERICA! BY 4 GAMES TO 3. JANUARY, 1900. a foot or so bv an almost incredibly fine andaccurate twist of the wrist. In this, as in his cat-like rapidity and grace, he probably surpasses anyother player past or present. A match betweenhim and Mr. Percy Ashworth, who has the idealstyle, is one of the prettiest sights possible. Wecan gather how fast the game is when we con-sider that a hard Racquet match may last onlyhalf an hour, whereas a hard Tennis match maylast two hours, or even more. I believe that noimportant Racquet match has ever taken so longas, for example, the three hours during which thematch for the Tennis Silver Prize at Lords lastedin io< ii. In Racquets there is simply incessantplay, except for the brief intervals when a playerruns to pick up a ball, or to serve, or to get a
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