Word: lobs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Tappin 2L., 6-2 5-6, 6-2. Leonard and Warland took the net at the start and held it throughout the match. Their game, however, was not as steady as usual, and they lost the second set through their inability to kill many of the easy lobs given them at the net. Tappin and Rice played a strong game, but lost the match by their failure to lob over their opponents' heads...
...Longwood yesterday by the score of 6-4, 6-4, and 6-1. Davis played an exceptionally strong and brilliant game. His smashes at the net were accurate and sure and he passed Ware time and again by swift strokes along the side lines. Ware at first attempted to lob, but could not avoid the fierce smashes of his opponent. In the last set he tried to pass Davis by strokes, but was even less successful...