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Show "PULL STROKE" USED BY ICHIYA KUMAGAE Ever since Icltiya Kumagae flAshed tho "pull stroke" in the receni national tennis ten-nis tournament, tlie rank and file . of net enthusiasts are asking "What's it like?' The description of it, Riven by a New Yorker, who declares that Kumagae's stroke is exactly the same as that used for many years with such amazinc suitress suit-ress by the late Anthony F. Wielding, follows: "Kumagae's stroke is a 'pulled drive.' It bears tlie same relation to the ordinary I topped drive that tho American service does lo the ordinarv topped service. In other words, the ball, after being hit, does not spin about on a horizontal axis as In the forehand topped drive. Instead, lt spins about an axis that is tilted at an angle of about 35 degrees, with the hisiier end of the axis nearer to the striker. That makes it very difficult for tha other player to hit it, as the natural tendency of the bail is to bound back toward the original striker." |