Show r TWIST SERVICE I REQUIRES REQUIRES' TOO TOOf f MUCH ENERGY S Many l Critics Think American Ameri can Style on Tennis Court CourtIs Is Harmful LOSES EFFECTIVENESS h Net Artists Are Unable to r. r Withstand Strain When Using T Terrific SerVice By Dr E. E B. B I T F a man haa haJ a service like I IP thero there can Brookes H 1 un Un or no ilko doubt that it Is an asset great bo no service seI tournaments tour tour- f worth much With VIUl such a a. championships arc rc in fact won but t this Is really not the tho ques ques- tion The Tho point to settle I Is whether Aether tho thor twist service In tho the hands o of the tho ordinary r exponent Is Iii a n really paying In Investment tn- tn nary VI vestment and win will It produce a result in hi matches won that will discount Its tremendous muscular strain on the rest will m bind a of ot tho the game Same No Nc rule rulo genius but it will bind the rest of ot the players layers who lack lacIe that Indefinable blo fire Perhaps v very n few of or the medium class players layers have havo ever thought much on the subject The They hav have admired the thc wonderful won won- l delivery of or Murray Murra and others and Just wished that Hut they could perform in the same wa ways way but have they ever over considered tho the strain the tremendous wearing down of oC tho body which th the tho consistent use of oC such sucha a 1 delivery entails Let rn nn us t 41 thA take tahe a some t jIU CU U II Q 1 U u u n Belief Bellet of ot nn flu Exp Expert Raymond ymond Little Litto states Personally I r. r believe bellevo th the tho American twist sen service Ice requires a waste of ot ener energy and that such s a n strong defense defenso has been built up against it that It has greatly lost Its former effectiveness This is very cr true Indeed when we wc consider how William Johnston did alm almost st what he ho pleased with tho the fine lne delivery of oC LindIcy Lind- Lind semifinals at the Ie Icy ley Murray Murra in the championship last year McLoughlin himself perhaps tho the most successful user of ot this stroke that the world has over known declares in his recently recently- published lIok beok I J 1 do not advise the aVera average e player to attempt an extreme extrema amount of ot break through tho the use of the American service Tho The bod body principal principally principally prin prin- cipal the back must snap forward as the racquet comes onto tho ball at atthe atthe the the tho same Famo time this must bo be accompanied panted with a a. twisting motion which I havo have des described as a. rotation at tho the aist All this creates a tremendous amount lamount of strain on the back muscles ono eric that vcr very few tew players physically arc capable of fC lon long withstanding than he Mac fac probably wrote truer knew when ho he wrote this thle for he he himself himself him him- self elf ma magnificent athlete that ho he was failed utterly to long withstand the strain and at an age when the average player is Just getting Into his prime is broken and defeated by hy reason of or his failure to J keep up the terrific service which made his game so wonderful J.P. J.P. J.P. J. J P. P P Paret ret In his book on the game expresses ex ex- presses the opinion that extreme services entailed so much physical ef effort effort et- et fort and forced a constant strain on the players player's endurance that it is doubtful If IC the effort eUort Is not too great eal t to tc make the delivery deliver profitable This was written some years ago and Pare Paret In a later publication states that there have havo been so many Individuals who vho have o consistently withstood the strain on the tho back arms shoulders and still shown the needed ded strength to win that I I I I. must modify this position somewhat I Should Not Tax Tor Player lit Irr a a. book published published b by the writer some som years back Is la the the following The service being one ono ingredient InI in I tho the game must not be allowed to tax the physical endurance of ot the player too much lest his whole game suffer In consequence That tho the twist servIce servIce service ice is good is well recognized but is la it worth the effort and does not the effort effort ef- ef fort react upon tho the player and detract from his physical powers Both the 3 lAmed learned Wright and a host of others have havo almost discarded the twist twixt service for or this reason and because because be bV- cause to tho average good player it does docs not present the terrors which It 5 j did when when when-It it was WM tried and Its vagaries not so well understood 1 This was written J before etore the arrival of ot otI J I McLaughlin and before he mode made service I ice a terror an ap almost certain game But had the writer then foreseen the i CalifornIans CalifornIan's meteoric rise his brief brier I zenith and his spectacular downfall alt all in less leas than four foar years ear It is doubtful i If he would have desired to change his bis opinion I. I Serving of I Kind I While in the hands of ot a a i Mclaughlin telou hUn i service service- of ot this type was the tho winning t r number t the dominating feature of ot every match he won won It would have hac been 1 hard bard to decry Its value albeit it was 1 recognized recognised that it was serving of ot a aI I Tery YetT ery specialized kind but when it Is taken Into consideration that its life I. I I Is 18 so 80 short that even a a. man rn In the I very lery prime ot of health and vigor Igor can I only last w at It it the tho brief space of four I years does docs it not seem to be bo putting too much on the thy throw of ot a a. die to advocate ad ad- OCAte a a. game tame on a method which will crowd cowd a mans man's whole playing career Into so 80 brief a space Doherty won the tho British championship during nine nino 1 years Lamed Lerned won the American title for seven cven years Holcomb Ward the real inventor of or the we service Von won only a a. single leg and McLoughlin gained the pride of ot place only twice and can never win it again Brooks Is Ig the he only man who has stood up for tor nn any length of time but hi his hie service while It has I speed and twist is delivered dell without the fearful muscular strain which Is Isso Isso isso I so noticeable in that of McLoughlin and Murray Brooks never had the great physique ho Is naturally delicate and his delivery was more a matter of oC accurate accurate ac ne- ac- ac curate timing and scientific twist t than actual hard bard hitting For this reason Brooks lasted up to the ago age of ot 39 39 bathe but bat buthe he be too too must be counted In the genuine cla class 5 and so 50 comes coDes more or less outside I I the rules The last two championships have havo been won wow by lIy men neither of ot whom can nn be classed as aa servers servers servers' only They both have good deliveries but the they do not go to the extreme of pace and twist and this year rear they completely complete complete- ly outclassed tb too the field which had In It some of ot the greatest servers in the history of ot tho the game What they may have lacked In fury tury of ot delivery they I more than made mado up In general excellence excellence excel excel- lence of ot the rest of ot their play an and fortunately fortunately for for- for tennis In Jn this country no noone noone noone one would be foolish enough to prophesy prophesy esy 9 that their span pan at t the top lop of ot the ladder showed any signs of ot being cur cur- tailed With the service as they use it there Is no reas reason n why they should not go on playing better and better tennis for tor ten years jears ears to come provided only they have have- havethe the time to practice There is nothing physically in their game which would lead one on to to believe that they should break up In a physical wa way for far many seasons Reasons Taking things Into due consideration it would look as if it the statements of the authorities authorities au au- tu- tu quoted could be well allowed to stand as being a very fair appraisal of ot the value true of the American twist service |