Word: racquetment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sporting goods stores and pro shops, long the subdued redoubt of the Wilson Jack Kramer Autograph and the Dunlop Maxply Fort, now offer such large and varied arrays of racquets that the average player is bound to be confused. Which of the gleaming new products will convert a peashooter serve into a Roscoe Tanner cannonball? Will the weekend buff find Chris Evert's steady groundstrokes in a $69 graphite frame by Yamaha, or is the operator so poor that the tool required is a $200 (unstrung) Aldila Cannon? The questions are important because the racquet is "an extension...
Fancy Stick. Many players swear by their new racquets. New Jersey Insurance Executive James Slote has bought five different racquets during the past two years and finally settled on the outsized Prince, which promises a sweet spot 3½times that of normal racquets. Says Slote: "I hit more shots solidly. I'm very satisfied with it. Besides, the big thing is confidence. You do better with a racquet you have confidence in." Last week, after trying a friend's new Pancho Segura "SweetSpot"−notable for its wider spacing between strings near the rim than...
...with Chicago Professional Calvin Head, who believes that the advantages of the new designs and materials are psychological. Says he: "We're all trying to find that little secret, but it's all in the mind." Says another pro who is disgusted by the stampede to new racquets: "People will do anything to improve their game except work on their strokes." Beverly Hills Tennis Shop Salesman Vinnie Thomas reports that most sales of the Prince are made to men over 40 searching for a tennis fountain of youth. Says Thomas: "Very few young people buy them...
Parents nonpracticing Jews; he was baptized Presbyterian . . . Wife Eileen has Ph.D. in education; three daughters . . . Liked to gamble occasionally in student days (won the money for his wedding at Las Vegas), but now relaxes by reading (foreign affairs, economics), swinging a tennis racquet, skiing...
...crowded confines of the racquetball court, beginners need not chase errant shots as tennis players must, and singles, not doubles matches are the rule. The ball comes zinging back like a small cannon ball, and an opponent's 18-in. stringed racquet can be a hazard, often inflicting racquetball's most distinctive mark-waffle-face. It is hell in a very small place...