Word: nets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...server shall stand with both feet at rest behind the serving line and both feet shall be kept behind the base-line until the ball is struck." The main purpose of the rule is to prevent the server from taking an unfair advantage in getting up to the net...
...Book is financially successful," was the report issued by the business manager, R. P. Parker. To date, the net profits amount to $330 received and more than $300 due on unpaid advertising contracts, totaling $630. In addition to this figure, the business manager reports that more than 50 unsold copies of the book are on hand. These copies will be put on sale at the Co-operative stores for two dollars a copy...
...five hard-fought sets, 3--6, 7--5, 6--8, 6--3, 6--4. The New Yorkers put up a magnificent fight, and for a while in the fourth set they seemed to be sure of winning, but their opponents' greater court experience enabled them to be victorious. The net game of the Rand brothers was especially notable. Lipman excelled at serving, while de Turenne's back-court drives gained him many points...
...second set Lipman managed to break through his opponents' service and won 7--5; in the third the Rand brothers staged a clever net rally and were the winners 8 to 6. The last two sets fell to the Westerners, although not without a spirited opposition on the part of Rand and Rand...
...Lipman and de Turenne will win, because of the fact that they were the winner and runner-up respectively in the singles tournament, the match is not expected to be one-sided. The Rand brothers have both been playing an excellent game of tennis, W. Rand, especially, in his net game; and if anything, their team work is more perfected than that of their opponents...