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...America. The advantage of this is obvious to anyone who has studied the game. The 'striker' has the advantage of having more time to 'place' his return, and the 'receiver' is at the disadvantage of not knowing until the ball has actually left his opponent's racquet where it is going. In the American style of volleying, on the other hand, as the ball is seldom allowed to drop below the level of the net, the 'shaping' of the racquet tells the 'receiver' at once at what angle the ball is coming, and he is there to meet...
...started for the door, but it was of no use. The fiend was in the way. "What was it the racquet?" Wellnigh stupefied, still I chanced to remember an old legend I had once heard. Perhaps the Lamia had reappeared in the form of Lampy. I caught on to the idea, and played the philosopher. I stared. Slowly but surely Lampy drooped. His legs elongated, his arms became wings, his nose became a beak. It was - it was the Ibis. Still he could talk. "Who did lemonade?" he squeaked. I took the only rope I had - my tennis...
...TESHEMACHER, '78, offers a prize racquet to be played for under the following rules...