THE MORALE OF LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6905, 10 November 1887, Page 4

THE MORALE OF LAWN TENNIS.

Certain of the good folks of Manchester have been varying lamentations over the "unlovcliness" of their city by solemn contentions about the virtues or vices ot k.wn tennis. It appears that the ball was set rolling by somebody who wrote to a local paper and styled himself " One of the Democracy." This gentleman, It seems, incidentally alluded to lawn tennis as "effeminate," and declared that it did not need nearly so much training as the more " manly" game of cricket. Need it be said that these, observations have been fiercely

controvert.... eoine contenting themselves with the assertion that lawn tennis necessitates "real physical exertion," while others claim that it needs more than cricket doea, and Chat it requires, besides, much patience. One enthusiast asserts that even a preliminary " smoke" may prevent a player from judging a service with the reoulsite amount of nicety. Then " One of the Democracy" ; dwells upon the encouragement which' lawn tennis gives to " silly notitons of caste and exclusivenessj" and qpoa the

be contmted Mil the ?«< from the game. Buttta champions retort that it ; mi , ***** yoaniWu toenga^Sara^ fot » of that young lady, and ottier, n^f^ 08 tends to soften the nuuwerTor th he f' performer. "One oftno^ivi^ oß,B that tlrcly mtfitted" for fab *?* tnay be, if he Is to be takenas\ fi&j* sentative of Ms brethren "I^