Ice Tennis — the New Indoor Winter Sport 



It takes both skill in skating and skill 

 in tennis to make this new game inter- 

 esting. The players serve, drive and 

 volley with much of the same energy 

 and dash which they display on ground 

 or cement courts, skates hindering them 

 only now and then when occasional falls 

 occur. These, however, increase the fun. 

 There is hardly a stroke of the established 

 game which is not employed when playing 

 tennis on ice. The expert skater soon finds 

 that he can play a swifter game on ice than 

 on solid ground. It is generally agreed 

 that singles' play does not offer the possi- 

 bilities of doubles' because the player 

 cannot be quick enough on the ice to cover 

 his field. On the other hand, there is 

 hardly a stroke of the established game 

 which does not have its counterpart on 

 the ic^, and in some cases the driving is 

 even more forceful. The court on which 

 the men play is marked out with painted 

 black lines. The regulation tennis ball is 

 used. At first a squash tennis ball was 

 tried, but it proved to be too fast, even 

 though its corded surface took a better grip 

 on the ice than the lawn tennis ball covering 



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