1952-53

486
RACKETS
Double means : The ball after it has touched the floor a second
time.
Half-court Line means: The line on the floor, drawn from the
Short Line to the Back Wall.
Hand-in means: The player who serves.
Hand-out means : The player who receives the service.
To
Serve
means : To start the ball in play by striking at it with
a racket.
Service. Box means: The small squares on each side of the
Court from which the service is delivered.
Short Line means : The line drawn across the floor parallel to
the front wall.
Striker means : The player whose turn it is to play after the
ball in play has hit the front wall.
RULES OF THE SINGLES GAME
i
. The game is i 5 up ; that is, the player who first scores
15
aces
wins the game, excepting that :
(a) On the score being called 13 all for the first time in any
game, Hand-out may, before the next service has been
delivered, set the game to 5, or to 3 ; i.e., the player
winning 5 (or 3) aces first wins the game.
(b)
. Similarly, at
14
all, Hand-out may set the game to 3.
Note.
—When
Hand-in requires one more ace to win the game,
the Marker shall call his score " Game Ball."
2.
When the player fails to serve, or to return the ball, in
accordance with the Rules of the game, his opponent wins the
stroke. A stroke won by Hand-in scores an ace. A stroke won
by Hand-out makes him Hand-in.
3. The ball, after being served, whether the service is good or
not, is in play until it is a Double, or until after being properly
returned it has failed to hit the front wall above the board, or
until it has touched a player, or until it has gone out of court.
4. The right to serve first in a. rubber shall be decided
;
by the
spin of a racket.
5. At the beginning of each game and of each hand the server
may serve from either box, but after scoring an ace he shall then
serve from the other, and so on alternately as long as he remains
Hand-in, or until the end of
the ganiv.
If the server serves from the wrong box there shall be no penalty
and the service shall count as if served from the right box, except
that Hand-out may, if he does not attempt to take the service,
demand that it be served from the other
box.
6. The Hand-in serves his hand out and loses the stroke
(a) If the ball is served on to or below the board, or out of
court, or agp;ast any part of the court before the front
wall ;
(b)
If
ht,
fails to strike the ball or strikes the ball more than
once ;