Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...noticeable that while some of the best of the Yale and Princeton lacrosse players are well known foot-ball men, none of the Harvard eleven have played lacrosse this season. The practice which is had in lacrosse is extremely valuable for a foot-ball player, and it seems to us that if lacrosse were played only in the spring the two games might well be made to supplement each other. At present lacrosse is practiced both spring and fall, and although foot-ball has not yet suffered from any division of interest, it is not improbable that with the increased...
...grounds might be arranged by a compromise. Every unprejudiced student will admit, I think, that the faculty have some strong arguments on their side of the question; besides, the fence built near the track, as it will have to be, will not be an unqualified benefit, as every ball player who has climbed a fence after a ball knows...
...sorry to see that a number of tennis players violate the rules of the association by playing without tennis shoes. It is indispensable for the improvement of our courts that all who play should wear tennis shoes, and we hope that no one from thoughtlessness will disregard the request of the association on this point. It is an injustice to the other members of the association for some members to totally refuse to be guided by rules intended for the common good. It is necessary for the association to become a success that it should meet with the hearty...
Moreover, lawn tennis may be watched with delight and interest, even by those whose intellects are below - or above - mastering such elementary propositions as these. The skill of the player may be appreciated by people who have not a conception what is the score; and the neatness with which a ball is "placed," or the rapidity with which it is "volleyed," need not be missed because the spectator is utterly at sea as to which side of the net is getting the best of it. - [London Standard...
Lawn tennis derives its name from the French tenez, hold, as in striking the ball, the racket must be firmly held. The game originated in France, in the 15th century, and Louis XI., Henry II., and Charles IX., were expert players. M. Borre, who died in 1873, for many years superintendent of the tennis court at the Tuilleries, was considered the best player who ever lived. The oldest English tennis court was built early in the 16th century, in Hampton Court Palace...