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...Wimbledon tore out all its courts and planted a new variety of groundcover. The new grass was 100% perennial rye; the old courts had been a mix of 70% rye and 30% creeping red fescue. The new lawn was more durable, and allowed Wimbledon's groundsmen to keep the soil underneath drier and firmer. A firmer surface causes the ball to bounce higher. A high bounce is anathema to the serve-and-volley player, who relies on approach shots skidding low through the court. What's more, rye, unlike fescue, grows in tufts that stand straight up; these tufts slow...
...while its appeal hasn't changed, so much else about grass-court tennis has. By tradition, almost everything on Centre Court is painted green during Wimbledon - including the grass, which groundsmen sprinkle with iron to enhance its look. The exceptions are the players' uniforms, which must be white. The scenery, which evokes pristine figures at play in a paradise, is misleading. For as the new type of grass shows, tennis players are more beholden to the earth than that timeless image suggests...
...Groundsmen are being told that they will be fired if they attend strike meetings, much less go on strike. This is contradictory to the stated University policy that every accommodation be made for interruptions in normal procedures...
...impasse has arisen, however, because of no-strike clauses in the union contracts of all University service employees. These include caretakers, mechanics, groundsmen, and food service personnel...
After sifting through the Cambridge dump with two City bulldozers and four University groundsmen for three hours Thursday afternoon, Fox gave the files up for lost...