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The Art of Lawn Tennis

  
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[dedication]
  
INTRODUCTION
  
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
  
CONTENTS

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PART I: TENNIS TECHNIQUE—STROKES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME
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CHAPTER I FOR NOVICES ONLY
  
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CONCENTRATION
  
GRIP, FOOTWORK, AND STROKES
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CHAPTER II THE DRIVE
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CHAPTER III SERVICE
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CHAPTER IV THE VOLLEY AND OVERHEAD SMASH
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CHAPTER V CHOP, HALF VOLLEY, AND COURT POSITION
  
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THE HALF VOLLEY
  
COURT POSITION
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PART II: THE LAWS OF TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY
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CHAPTER VI GENERAL TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY
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CHAPTER VII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATCH PLAY
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CHAPTER VIII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
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CHAPTER IX THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES
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PART III: MODERN TENNIS AND ITSFUTURE
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CHAPTER X THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN GAME
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CHAPTER XI THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE GAME
  
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THE 1921 SEASON
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PART IV: SOME SIDELIGHTS ON FAMOUS PLAYERS
  
INTRODUCTORY
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CHAPTER XII AMERICA
  
WILLIAM M. JOHNSTON
  
R. N. WILLIAMS
  
CHARLES S. GARLAND
  
VINCENT RICHARDS
  
R. L. MURRAY
  
WATSON WASHBURN
  
WALLACE F. JOHNSON
  
SAMUEL HARDY
  
CARL FISCHER
  
MARSHALL ALLEN
  
OUR RISING JUNIORS
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CHAPTER XIII BRITISH ISLES
  
J. C. PARKE
  
A. R. F. KINGSCOTE
  
H. ROPER BARRETT
  
THE LOWES, A. H. AND F. G.
  
T. M. MAVROGORDATO
  
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CHAPTER XIV FRANCE AND JAPAN
  
ANDRÉ GOBERT
  
W. LAURENTZ
  
J. SAMAZIEUHL
  
R. DANET
  
Japan
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CHAPTER XV SPAIN AND THE CONTINENT
  
Spain
  
MANUEL ALONZO
  
Some Other Champions
  
N. MISHU
  
J. WASHER
  
E. TEGNER
  
H. L. DE MORPURGO
  
A. ZERLENDI
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CHAPTER XVI THE COLONIES
  
Australasia
  
NORMAN E. BROOKES
  
GERALD PATTERSON
  
PAT O'HARA WOOD
  
J. C. HAWKES
  
J. O. ANDERSON
  
NORMAN PEACH
  
South Africa
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CHAPTER XVII FAMOUS WOMEN PLAYERS
  
Women's Tennis
  
MRS. FRANKLIN I. MALLORY (Molla Bjurstedt)
  
MRS. THOMAS C. BUNDY(May Sutton)
  
MARY KENDALL BROWNE
  
MRS. GEORGE WIGHTMAN(Hazel Hotchkiss)
  
MRS. JESSOP(Marion Zinderstein)
  
HELEN WILLS
  
FranceMLLE. SUZANNE LENGLEN
  
MME. BILLOUTT(Mlle. Brocadies)
  
England
  
ELIZABETH RYAN
  
MRS. BEAMISH(May Sutton)

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J. O. ANDERSON

This young player is again a promise rather than a star. He is a big, rangy, hard-hitting type like Gerald Patterson. He is crude, at times careless and unfortunately handicapped in 1920 and 1921 by a severe illness that only allowed him to resume play in the middle of the latter year. His ground strokes are flat drives fore and backhand. His forehand is a particularly fine shot. He hits it with a short sharp snap of his arm that imparts great speed and yet hides the direction. His backhand is defensive. His volleying clever, accurate but soft. His overhand severe and reliable. His service flat, fast and dangerous.

He needs finesse, experience and season, with which he may well become one of the greatest players as the fundamental potentialities are there.

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