Word: nets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Marylebone Tennis Club, of England, has effected some radical changes in the rules of Lawn Tennis, which will soon be published as amended. The service line is to be moved a foot nearer the net, making the distance 21 feet instead of 22 feet, as formerly, which will make straight arm-cuts in serving much more difficult to execute than under the old rules. Also, the player is prohibited from leaning over the net to strike the ball, but is compelled to wait until it is on his side of the net before he hits it. We are sorry that...