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Show IN NET RULES Elimination 'of Word 'Love' Promises to Upbuild Tennis Play The word "love" bus always been; a knock to th tennis game. That word gave the impression to: the outsider, who knew nothing of! the game, thai tennis was a sport! , for "fissles." Thrre have bei n number of movement-: started to eliminate the un-deslrable un-deslrable v. fird from tbe g&me, but none of them got anywhere. Apparently tht officials of the game have I'n.illy d-. 1. .; ;,, cUt the! void, without any fuss being made about If. During : terfnlfi championships at i Philadelphia x the umpires in the matches were instructed to announce "fifteen Til den" Instead ofWiove fifteen' fif-teen' rir "fifteen love" A similar change was noticed in announcements of the results of the games. "Games are two love" ban become "games are two to nothing " The elimination of the word "lo e" bv the tennis officials will meet with the approval of tennis players th country over, it has been more or leB of o Joke on some big, husky player to have the word "love" constantly con-stantly lacked onto his play. Incidentally it will remove for all tlm- the tendency on the part of outsiders, out-siders, who are entirely ignorant of tho demands of the game, to ridicule the Bdort Imply because the word, love ' has always been so prominently prominent-ly mentioned in connection with the play. Tennis is a strenuous sport, a game ' for red-bloodod Americana. It Is high time that such an effeminate .word was removed from a sport that calls for so much courage and stamina. |