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ijLDEN ILLUSTRATES BEST METHODS OF SERVICE OTHER SPORT NEWS AND COMMENTS
EVENING LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 191G.
fiLDEN TELLS HOW SERVICE
t SHOULD
Explains That It Should Be Offensive at All
Times mucn uepenas upon the
Opening "Punch"
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By WILLIAM
1015 Champion
...ft .tart of every ntlncfc n tennU
.(.M be based on service. It la the
"nuncli" of every match rind the
eemns . . ...i. . ...
h ch every piayrr u i .
Whenever a Kooa pmjcr ,3
me iqbui " uib
Manff gocs.he chooiea
net-vice and correctly
ao. for It should en
Buro him of the first
game.
It Is a very bad
Ihtns to lone your
service In singles,
but In doublea.lt Is
considered very near
ly nn tinpnrrtonnble
sin. It Is the worBt
fault In nil of tennis
to "drop" service of
ten. What docs the
VS
fl T TILUK-''. " oci tiw ..
nt-lt Rives him the chance to either
'"". ..r...iiio ha nnnonent on the
. hj ..i Hn rlt.A n man?
euupeen pr..
urilee Itself.
Second-It Rives his opponent a chance
V.ra-Il'Rlvea Mm Son at the net
Jf i r Bood chanco to kill oft hla
"n ran be seen this Is a tremendous ad
J.iiie and ono which c.innot bo over
Jinhulifd. It depends on puttlntr your
mH court and whero you wish It.
Thai tno only think" which can rob you
inns. "" . V. . nn rvfpi s to
. ,..;! nnp of the Kreatest play-
... America every hncw. a many-times
Clonal cnamplon. once said. -One fau t
Sr mistake, but two faults Is a crime."
Viferliw the secret of good service been
brttw expressed. There Is never any
Se for a double-fault unless you aro
EVrnr a. "service ace" ( a clenn earned
Ko'lnt off service), and you anoum never
tW". . .....i.. ni-n nn vnur second ball.
Udeii you have a really very severe
,,"" do not try for clean aces, any
mr but try for placement of service and
kill on me .uiiu ........
Our moit famous services are the tcr-
(Ue American twist services uscu uy
thi Pclftc coast stars and a few East
erair.. notably R. N. Williams. 2d.
Service Varies
This service varies from ono of great
, nd small twist to one of small pace
.".-. ...I.. An Avntnnln nf this first
tttl Is Maurice McLouKhlln's, while of
JS 'iKon l that of Willis E. Davis, of
PWlilelphla Cricket Club,
r -Mirt'' ervlco Is so fast that It Is ex
...Ai.te hnrd to sec. but If seen at all
j, not particularly hard to return ns
iWMIIuns is. lor u na-a cumimiuiixiijr ...
Vi breik, while Williams' serve has not
..in much speed but a far more so-
'..m iwl.t which pulls off the face of
W bat on returning It. It Is In many
wyi much harder service to handle
!ntr a long period than "Mac's." D.ivIh.
m the other hand, places his servlco very
Wide and relies on a Brent break with
very little speed during the flight of the
t,.u Unwcver. when the ball hits tho
round It comes off with nn exceedingly
quIcK pounce anu un.-n;tia;o ua !.... . .
ttindtusly. , .
! To hit either wuuams or uuvia oeivc
is. nnlv nure method Is to uso a per-
iftctly flat drive and let the twist on tho
all hold It In court. You ton. however,
thop "Mac's" serve If your eye Is swift
'.nAiiifh to cover It. The surest way to
Kneel a twist serve Is to use the flat drive
knij remember the narncr mo servo 1110
harder your return win De, so aon i iry
to put speed Into it yourself. Just meet
It and let It take care of itself.
In developing service, tho first thing to
jet fixed firmly on your mind Is that tho
lUjher in the nlr you meet tne Dan on
Tour serve, tho more court you have to
bit into, and the greater speed you will
Well-Placed Shots
Now remember also, in developing a
ive. learn your ordinary strnlght, fast.
veil-placed servo before you Begin o
monker with the American twist.
If U not speed or iwlst whlcn Is
absolutely essential In serve. It U place
ment. A most striking example of this
U Wallace Johnson. To watch Johnson
lerre hla slightly-sliced soft serve, ono
would think anyone could handle It, but
lie tan put the bnll so exactly wherei ho
wlihes It that his serve Is as hard to
Undle as one with twice the speed and
twlit. Stanley Pearson, too, hns an cx
eejUngly meek-looking servo, but It, too,
Is'io well placed thnt he uses It con
atently against good men. Strive for
plttement. It Is better to put a ball
"Mtly where you want It, and know It's
Wns there, no matter how slow, than to
"M the most terrific nnnonball serve
tM 1 not know whether it la going or not.
Kike your serve sure. An uncertain
Hrrlet loses many a tennis match, "in
ttt pinch."
'" one wants figures on service, try to
KIT W per cent, on placement. 30 per cent.
tWUt ant) 3n n ..nl an..4 In ..nrlM
Wis It cap b seen that one of these is
-vk tnougn to make a servo really good.
'tmusthave all three, del your direction
j, your speed second, and your twist
?-To do this, learn to get your arm high
- jour neaci and hit with a free awing
font your shoulder.
Offenilr Kti.nL..
Always use your service offensively;
Mr simply let it be a matter of form to
" ball m pay. Every time you
pect to win your point and game,
"'ways run n on your service in prac-E-.i
i ery. boy "hould learn thla most
uW VT . Ktack. It la absolutely neces-
vl, b?at ft B00d man
faaitil bt houm "w,nf (wlthout.root.
t, ,.malter wWh wJH be taken
ShS t.11"" artlc'e) Tom the left (or
Sn,) fMt " the left (or front) foot
&
WELL
SJUIlr
WAWa
HE DEVELOPED
T. TILDEN, 2d
of Philadelphia
nnd tho bnll hit from the left foot. Take
your first running stetf toward the net
on your right foot nnd IUIN, don't walk,
for the net. You must get In tho habit
of running nnd playing your return vottey
ns you como In. Do not try for your kill
on this vctloy; try for position nnd kill
off the next.
A deep, slow service Is better to follow
In on than a fast, short one; so strive for
placement nnd not speed to follow In on.
ncly on speed for your "service aces."
There speed la absolutely essential to
scoring.
How to Hold Feet
Learn to keep your left foot planted
firmly six Inches bnck of the base line and
do not move It. It Is a foot fault to move
both feet. My next article will be on tho
foot fault, Its definition and prevalence
among tennis tlnyers.
There la one school In Philadelphia thnt
really has a progressive tennis system
organized, nnd thnt Is Germantown Acad
emy. Doctor Osborne, the new hend mnster.
Is cnrrylng on tho policy of development
begun under the able hand of Doctor Ker
shaw, and the coming senson will sec
Germnntown pnrtlclpntlng In moro tennis
events than any other school In the city
Germnntown has team In thn Intcr
ncndemlc League, the Interscholnstlo
League, the now Junior Interacndcmlc
League that will be formed, tfnd It holds
a school championship, a Junior school
championship and InterclnsS team
matches. Their season opens in March
nnd continues until Juno.
Every boy, no mntter how young, can
receive competent coaching nnd the op
portunity to play ngnlnst boyB ns good
or better, thus Insuring excellent practlco
at nil limes The development of such
players as Hoy H. Coffin, holder of tho
Schuylkill Valley doubles title. Is nn cx
nmple of tho work done In the Inst few
sensons.
The following boys of 14 or under nre
nil worthy of mention: Rodney Heck,
Thomas Vischer, Louis Smith. David
Heard. Joseph Jcllctt. Stuart Valentine
nnd Donnld Heard. Thcso kids will bo
heard from In future years. Germnntown
li fortunate In having a man like S. D.
Sutton at the head of Hb athletic policy,
nnd ho la assisted at tennis by William
T. Tlldcn. 2d, 1D10. nn alumnus of tho
school If the larger schools In the city
would develop n system ai complete nnd
elllclont ns Germantown's with tho ma
terial they hnve nt hand the standard of
piny would bo raised tremendously. Let
us hopo thnt they will do so this coming
senson There Is no reason to utterly
subordinate a sport llko tennis, which In
of far more use to a boy, once ho Is out
of schoot, than any other, nexcept golf,
bascbnll nnd football. Let us muko tennis
a real "major sport."
TUXEDO CLUI1 RESULTS
By taklne three enmes from rat l'hlladel
phlp. in ihe Ucat l'ldladelnhla I.eaicuo ."cctlon
A match's. Tuxeda rolled Into flret nlHce. sup
planting Ilclmont. as thn Utter took only two
Ksmrs from 1'restnn. Barefoot rolled high Indl
Udual rcorr, totaling ill I for lili three Kamos.
with Ilntz and Whiting nlo nboe tho 1.00
mark. Jlrubaker. II. Mitchell. Helm. Wood
unrd. DnWa Meadr. Smith nnd c. Mitchell
rIjo rolled double centuries.
Tho Knmra rolled In Hectlon D resulted In
Wll lam l'enn taking ll three games from
Ksrutone. while Pali-mount took two camei
from Lancanter. Weldman, Toy nnd llcCon
vllle each rolled 200 scores.
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LATE SUGGESTION
Prof. Haring, of New York
University Very Strong
for This Change
WOULD AID ATHLETES
Trof. Aloxander Hnrlng, of New York
University, suggests that various
branches of athletics bo Included In tho
curriculum. Ho says In part!
"Collcgo athletics todny seem to be
classified In the faculty mind somewhero
between tho sheep nnd tho goats. Not
quite barred out, they aro rnthcr eyed
askanco and doubtfully admitted to such
placo ns they enn wrest from tho ac
knowledged members of the flock. Twenty
enrs ago nlthln tho memories of our
middle-aged nlunrnl oven the mildest of
that strain, cnll-slhonlcs. was not nd
mlttcd. Athtetlc sports were very tame
affairs, nlmost wholly outside of faculty
Jurisdiction. Tho Idea Incorporating them
in tho curriculum was regarded as fad
dish If not fanatical.
"There Is no argument today ns to tho
wisdom of Incorporating physical training
in the curriculum; every ono admits It.
furthermore, almost every ono ndmlta
thnt clean college athletics aro deslrnbla
for the upbuilding of brnln as well as
brawn, and of character ns of both. In
nddltlon to the full control of physical
training, fncuttles now exercise a partial
control of the vnrlous departments of col
logo sports
"If football nnd baseball aro worth
while in collego work, why not tench
them? Why not make n good job of them
instead of n poor ono7 But, ou sny, 'wo
do tench them now.' Yes, In a nay. Wc
approve tho hiring of n conch, then wo
let him shift for himself. Wo do not give
him hours In which to tench football, and
wo do not guarnntee a class, Wc do fill
up nbout alt tho daylight, hours with
other work. The coach gets the twilight
hours no one else w-ntits. his class Is Ir
regular nnd uncertain, and some yenrs
exceedingly small Hrlcfly, we do not
give this teacher whnt we glvo other
teachers, a definite time for lih teaching,
nnd obligatory attendance on tho part of
tho students."
TV COHB WILL TRAIN
D0(5S NEATt SAVANNAH
Star Bntsman Preparing for Lot of
Winter Fun
SAVANNAH. On. Jan. 10 -Ty Cobb.
the world's greatest ball player, is now
part owner of a hunting preserve and a
professional trainer of dogs. Ty. with
E, C. Rogers. John Philip Soma, Jr..
and several other men, hns purchnsed a
plantation of 6100 acres along the Savan
nah Itlvor In Oeorgln. They will stock
tho place with fish and game nnd will
go thero overy winter for the season's
session with rod and gun.
Cobb has been assigned the job of
training the dogs. He enn prepare a dog
for the Held ns well as ho can "bone" a
bat for the campaign against the pitchers
of tho American Lenguo. Tho lending
batter and baserunner of the American
Lcaguo would rather hunt than play
ball. However, by playing ball in tho
summer, ho is going, to bo nblo to hunt
in Btyle In the winter.
See
Dodee Brothers
MOTOR CAR
ft Speaks
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HAUGHTON WILL RAISE THE
SOCIAL STATUS OF BASEBALL
Case Parallel to Purchase of Phillies
Wealthy Local Clubmen Did Not
Purchase to Make Money
Baseball fans are today discussing the
effect of the entry of Percy Haughtoti,
Harvard's football coach, nnd his associ
ates Into the national pastime. Some of
tho old school Insist thnt thero aro too
many men running tenms now who have
not had enough practical baseball exper
ience, but there Is little doubt that the
new owners of tho Uoiton Bravei will be
welcome nddltlons to the Natlonnl League.
The wonderful success of tho collegian
at the playing end of the gnmo Is no
doubt responsible for Interesting Hnugh
ton In professional baseball, an ho has
had little or no experience In baseball.
In many respects tho purchase of tho
Braves by the wealthy society men of
Boston Is similar to the Totter reglmo In
this city, when James Potter, for jeara
president of the Racquet Cllb of Philadel
phia, and a syndicate of clubmen pur
chased the Phllllci.
Fogel'fl Regime
It wns only a short time, howeer, be
fore they tired of bnccbnll nnd sold their
ho.dlngs to the McNIchol-Durham Inter
ests, who In turn sold to Horace, Kogel.
When Potter nnd his friends purchased
tho Phillies they had a poor team, and
ovcry deal made to strengthen turned out
wrong for the local club. This caused
them to loso Interest, as they had pur
chased tho franchise primarily to glvo
Philadelphia n National League) pennant
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and not for the financial gain which
might nccrue.
Houghton and his friends probably look
Upon tho venture In tho same light, and
porhaps their sole object Is to give Bos
ton another National League pennant.
If such Is tho case, the new owners have
an excellent chnnce to reallto their am
bition, ns tho braves have a far more
powerful aggregation than tho Phillies
had when the Potter syndlcato purchased
the frnnchlse.
Social Improvement
Socially baseball has been Improving
In n wonderful manner In the Inst 15
years from the players' standpoint, and
now comes the uplift on the business
end. It was only a question of tlmo be
fore tho collegian would break Into tho
game ns tho magnate. Tho entry Into
baseball of II. U. Ward, owner of tho
Brooklyn 'Federal Club until his death,
presaged this.
Wnrd may havo been looked Upon as nn
"outlaw" and nlmost ovorythlng clie by
the magnates of organized bnll during
tho war, but there Is no dcylng tho fact
w
Do you want to be sure of good lighting and starting all the
time?
Then drive around to Brandywine Street and meet Mr.
Evans. lie's a new arrival in the city, but he conies so well
recommended that he ought to have a warm reception.
He knows storage batteries and electrical systems from A to Z.
For several years he has been chief chemist of theWillard Storage
Battery Company of Cleveland, and that's a real man's job.
When it comes to valuable advice or expert repairs, there's
nothing like.Willard Service for satisfaction. You won't find
any ten-dollar-a-week mechanics here to tinker with your battery
every man knows his business.
And don't forget to ask for a free inspection card. It entitles
you to a monthly examination of your battery that is the first
step towards keeping it in the pink of condition. If you have an
old inspection card, we'll honor it.
Don't put it off come around before the crowd gets here,
for there's going to be a crowd !
Paul M. Evans Company
1434-36-38 Brandywine St. Philadelphia
to Arrest Him By WALT
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that his presence In the game Interested
many business men who would otherwise
hiva been content to confine their base
ball to fanning.
Ward established a naw era In base
ball as a magnate by refusing lo allow
hla tenm to play 8undsy call, despite the
fact that that was tho only chance the
Brookfeds had to make any money. It
was against Ward's religions principles,
and he would not consent despite the
pleas of the other Federal League mag
nates. Sunday Baseball
It Is said that Haughton Is alto very
much opposed to Sunday ball. If such
Is tho case, thero Is sure to be a lively
tlmo at tho schedule meeting of the Na
tional League In Fobrunry. Haughton Is
n thorough sportsman and his advent Into
tho game will no doubt Influence many
other wealthy collegians to Invest money
In major lenguo franchises.
A question of great Importance to col
leglnns throughout the country Is what
effect will Haughton's new venture have
Upon football ht Harvard. It Is gener
ally believed that Haughton will be forced,
to glvo up his position as conch of the
Crimson eleven, but there are some who
Insist thnt the famous tutor wilt remain
nt tho helm.
A New Conch?
Slnco the close of football season It
has frequently been rumored that Haugh
ton had decided to resign his position nnd
thnt Ilegglo Brown or Charley Brlckley
would be In chnrgo of tho Harvard eleven
next fall, but Haughton refused to deny
or nfllnn the- rumor.
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Downtowners Up in Race, D
splto Their Recent fr
Slump ' U-
Although McWIIllams ! etlll out H
Qrystock's line up, the Cooper Hall bpyfl
continue to hold a safe lead In the Eait
ern Basketball Laacue race. If the Ory
can continue to break even until MT
Williams returns, there Is net muoh i,
chnnce of dislodging them from thtlr hlgk
position. But the Orsys wsre again hit
hard on Saturday, when Sugarman wP','I
unable to accompany the team to nntmt
Ing. , ,j
De Nerl recovered from Its recent
slump, being the only team to land trf ' "
victorlei last week. j ti
The standing of thi clubs follows: .
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Camden... 10 10 .EQQ Jwer. ... S IS .Si
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IlancocK.. o z .714 p
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W. L. P.C. W. U P.C.
?enn 1 0 1.000 Tale 0 0 .000
Princeton .10 1 ooo Columbia ... 0 t .000
Dartmouth.. 1 0 1.000 Cornell .... 0 2 ,000
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