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THE RULES
OF SPORT
RACKETS.
DEFINITIONS AND LAWS.
As approved and adopted by the M.C.C., Queen's Club, Prince's
Club, Manchester Tennis and Racket Club, &c.,
18g1.
DEFINITIONS.
Ace.—A
stroke won and scored.
Board.
—The
wooden plank or planks covering the lower part
of the front wall to the height of
2
ft.
2
in. from the floor.
(Queen's Club Court
2
ft. i- in.)
N
OTE.
—The height is different in some courts. The planks
are usually coloured red. They do not in all courts extend
downwards as far as the floor ; but they should do so, and it is
assumed in these Definitions and Laws that they do.
Box.—See
Service-box.
Bully.
—See
Rally.
Court.
—The
whole building in which the game is played: or
one half of the floor, between the short-line and the back wall,
as divided by the half-court-line, and called the
right
(or
fore-
hand) court,
or the
left
(or
back-hand) court.
Gut.—A
ball served
so
that it strikes upon or below the
cut-
line is
called
a
cut.
It is
a
fault
[see
Fault (c)].
Cut-line.
—See
Service-line.
Double.—A
ball struck after it has touched the floor a second
time is called
a
double,
or
foul.
Fault.
—It
is
a
fault,
(a)
if the server, in serving, fail to stand as provided in Law
2
; or
(b)
if he strike the ball, in serving, more than once ; or
(c) if the ball served by him strike upon or below the cut-
line ; or
(d)
if it fail to drop in the proper court
(see
Law 4).
Foul.
—See
Double.
Good.—A
service delivered, or a return made, in conformity
with the Laws, is called
good.
Half-court-line.
—The
line on the floor, drawn from the short-
line to the back wall, and dividing that portion of the floor into
two equal spaces.
Hand-in.
—The
player who has the right of serving the ball.
Hand-out.
—The
player who has to receive the service.
In-play.
—The
ball, after being served, is said to be
in-play
until it has touched the floor twice, or a player, or the board, or
has gone out-of-court.
Let.—A let is
when a player is hindered by his opponent from
returning a ball which he might otherwise have returned. In
that case, the ace counts for nothing and the server serves again
from the same box."
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OF SPORT
RACKETS.
DEFINITIONS AND LAWS.
As approved and adopted by the M.C.C., Queen's Club, Prince's
Club, Manchester Tennis and Racket Club, &c.,
18g1.
DEFINITIONS.
Ace.—A
stroke won and scored.
Board.
—The
wooden plank or planks covering the lower part
of the front wall to the height of
2
ft.
2
in. from the floor.
(Queen's Club Court
2
ft. i- in.)
N
OTE.
—The height is different in some courts. The planks
are usually coloured red. They do not in all courts extend
downwards as far as the floor ; but they should do so, and it is
assumed in these Definitions and Laws that they do.
Box.—See
Service-box.
Bully.
—See
Rally.
Court.
—The
whole building in which the game is played: or
one half of the floor, between the short-line and the back wall,
as divided by the half-court-line, and called the
right
(or
fore-
hand) court,
or the
left
(or
back-hand) court.
Gut.—A
ball served
so
that it strikes upon or below the
cut-
line is
called
a
cut.
It is
a
fault
[see
Fault (c)].
Cut-line.
—See
Service-line.
Double.—A
ball struck after it has touched the floor a second
time is called
a
double,
or
foul.
Fault.
—It
is
a
fault,
(a)
if the server, in serving, fail to stand as provided in Law
2
; or
(b)
if he strike the ball, in serving, more than once ; or
(c) if the ball served by him strike upon or below the cut-
line ; or
(d)
if it fail to drop in the proper court
(see
Law 4).
Foul.
—See
Double.
Good.—A
service delivered, or a return made, in conformity
with the Laws, is called
good.
Half-court-line.
—The
line on the floor, drawn from the short-
line to the back wall, and dividing that portion of the floor into
two equal spaces.
Hand-in.
—The
player who has the right of serving the ball.
Hand-out.
—The
player who has to receive the service.
In-play.
—The
ball, after being served, is said to be
in-play
until it has touched the floor twice, or a player, or the board, or
has gone out-of-court.
Let.—A let is
when a player is hindered by his opponent from
returning a ball which he might otherwise have returned. In
that case, the ace counts for nothing and the server serves again
from the same box."
172
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