Show Lott Recommends Net Game in Preference to Style Critic Says Rene Lacoste Real Genius One of Few Exceptions in Game By George Lou Lott Jr Member of or Americas America's Davis Cup Team Tl Tho o only leading player In th the world that plays almost entirely in inthe inthe inthe the Is Rene Lacoste The fact tact that ho is tho only st star r that uses these tactics with a a. large de degree degree do- do gree grec of success proves prove that it 10 so- quires a a certain amount of at genius to play this tills wa way UH that t the ol ordinary player does not po possess sess Tb lh The baseline game gamo r requires deadly deadly deadly dead dead- ly accuracy and a aCl Cl very cool h head d. d It Is a u. vcr very difficult matter to restrain restrain re- re strain from hurrying your OUr strokes when you jou OU see your jour opponent coming com Coin inK ing into the net and jou ou realize that you have e a a. aery ver very ery 5 small 1311 area arc to put the ball In The he ba Is constantly COn con constantly facing this as very v ry few play players rs of ot this day play from the f AND ND TILDEN One reason reison that Lacoste win bent beat Tilden the majority of ot matches Is that he is la 18 steadier ler- ler than rUder from the and that Is not a a. good enough net player to successfully assail U the thc net After the first time that Lacoste defeated defeat deCent ed id d th the great t American Tilden was WatS at at ata a n lo loss s to explain his defeat falling tall fall ing ng to ta n realise that at last lae he had bad come I In iii contact with a i. man roan manIO who llo was s steadier and snore moro accurate than he lue was train from rol 1 the At tile tho conclusion of his lIs third successive e i defeat nt at the Frenchmans Frenchman's Frenchmans French rench mans man's ands hands he le came t 1 realize r all o that thatto to beat from the was practically an Impossibility Every cry match that this famous us French Fre star has YEn Jt Jias b been e. e pin zi-pin r. r I tho baseline lie never advances ances to tho the net unless he has hns t to and then he lie returns to tho ba kc urt as soon soon as possible Ho Is the tho model for fOl the tho younger players that desiro the baseline game However there Is only one La La- costo C every Cly decade or so I It ie- ie s great concentration and abilIty ability abil abil- ity to reach great heights with a a. baseline game It Is much easier casler to learn a riot net game and there theio Is n a Great deal better botter chance of or success with this type of game There have ha been a larger lars number of great play players ers s that were net players titan than base base- liners I do 10 not mean menu that ground shakes should b b Lu discouraged but that they should bo be used only as a ame me means ns of or getting to the tho net It is much easier to keep your ur volleys under control than your ground strokes b because cause tho the stroke Is ii not so so long ong and there theio is l I less Ss S's chance of error Also Abo It it requires less endurance to attack the net as there Is usually only one ana advance to be made All AU In In all aU I I 1 rec recommended m- m mended the net game gamo in lU prefer preference nce to th the rt gam game gamo because It H requires less ability and arid 15 Is easier on 01 you OU physically ph |