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Show B 'MORE LAWN TENNIS PLAYED. H Dealer Notes Marked Revival of In- H tcrest In the Game. H "Wo llavo sold 60 per cent mora H (onnls racquets so far this sensor, than H for ton years past," said tlw head ol H tilt' sporting goods department In a, big H (loiiurtniGiit storo yestorday. "Tlia H gnmo Is surely on tho Jump. Tennis H was practically dead for savcral H years, hut It's too goo n gnmo to go PHpJ under. Goff gnvo It a black oyo, hut B golf Is now on tho toboggan, oxcopt H among thu exports tho pooplu who H piny on tho tonms representing tho H various country clubs. Tho Individual H players no longer cut any figure, and H the sale of golf clubs is practically nil. H "Hut It's different with .tennis H racquets. The old fcllowB who, used H to pl.iy years ago are again taking, up H tho gama, but, between you and me, H tlioy don't like tlio now racquets. H 'VI: oy buy 'cm, try 'em nnd then turn H tip with nn old racquet that's all out H of date, nnd ask to have It'tcstrung. H Tno restrlnglng of n racquet; though, H is n good bit of n lottery; it may turn H out all right, but more often It won't. H &tM, tho old .timers arc willing to H take chances. Their principal objec- H lion to tho new racquet seems,, to l;p H tltnt they cnil't go't a good clutch on H tho handle, which Is' tlildkcr 'than tno M old pattern. Philndolp'hla 'R'cbdFuY" ' H i i - .t i . |