Word: wimbledon
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...lower the net in lawn tennis, and that for the future, in single matches, the correct height of the net will be three feet six inches at the post and three feet at the centre. The new rule will be adopted in the contest for the championship at Wimbledon. It seems a very great pity that so many alterations are made in the game. The end will be to spoil it. This lowering of the net was not at all desirable. The height kept down the experiments in overhand serving. - [London Court Journal...
...special meeting of the National Rifle Association was held in New York yesterday afternoon. A letter from the British Rifle Association was read, offering to send a team to this country this year if a return match at Wimbledon were guaranteed. A cablegram accepting the proposition was sent, fixing the time for the match here in September...