This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLII TENNIS-PLAYERS IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA Of all the players of old time, Edmund Barre was the most celebrated. The game which he played would seem slow in our days. We cannot say that he would not have adapted himself to modern conditions, though, from his figure, we cannot help believing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLII TENNIS-PLAYERS IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA Of all the players of old time, Edmund Barre was the most celebrated. The game which he played would seem slow in our days. We cannot say that he would not have adapted himself to modern conditions, though, from his figure, we cannot help believing that against a player like Latham he would not have stood the very smallest chance. But no account of experts can be complete without some description of his skill. The greatest player of the old school, he is celebrated for the ease and facility of his style, the power of judging the ball, and of always being in the right position for receiving it, and of returning it in the most severe and decisive way, with a great weight of stroke; for a complete mastery of tactics, for a variety of Service (his Giraffe Service being most effective); and last, but not least, for his unfailing tact and good temper. Mr. Marshall's excellent book will supply further details: I owe these chiefly to him. Delahaye (Biboche) was a careful exponent of the game, and a good teacher. The Tompkins family were also among the earliest players. Edmund Tompkins, called Peter, was beaten by Barre in 1839. Mr. Charles Taylor is one of the first amateur names of which we have records. Modern Tennis, however, must be said to begin with George Lambert, with whom I used to play frequently at the old Court in Cambridge. His underhand Service, his hard Force, and especially his Boasted Force, and his power to win Chases, were the most noticeable features of his play. I remember well how admirably he used to adapt his standard of play to the pupil. During the whole of one term he gave me the odds of HalfFifteen. Sometimes he won, sometimes I won. Every now and then he would exert...
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