April 14, 1916. 
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Tennis a Popular Sport 
North Shore Clubs and Hotels Pay Much Attention to the Game—Tournaments Galore All Summer 
IS tennis dead? Rather, is its popularity on the wane? 
* No! not on the North Shore. No one who knows the 
game would dare intimate that it is a “dead” one, but 
there is a question of its country-wide popularity just at 
present. Of all the forms of out-of-door sport tennis is prob- 
ably the oldest one which has adhered more or less strictly 
to its original method of playing. It has had its ups and 
downs of favor for centuries. A few years ago it was 
the most generally played of the vigorous out-of-door 
games, excepting possibly baseball, which in America has 
no rival. 
As the leading genteel pastime, tennis has been large- 
ly supplanted of late years by golf. The chief reason 
for the growth of popularity of golf in preference to ten- 
nis is due to the fact that golf is not so strenuous and is 
just.as beneficial to the health, if not more so than tennis. 
Golf does not make the drain upon one’s energies, that 
tennis is apt to, and for that reason it is popular with 
older men who need an interesting out-of-door game, 
which does not tax their strength and endurance too 
severely. 
But to get back to tennis! This sport will always be 
one of the leading ones, and in the last couple of seasons 
has shown decided signs of “coming back.” Tennis sup- 
plies a number of elements which are lacking in the game 
Sf wolf. It has the element of personal contest and that 
tends to keep any game alive. It is a game that requires 
skill, a great deal of practice, an alert mind, a sound body 
steady nerves—especially the latter. Probably no 
game requires such quick decisions and prompt action as 
fennis—barring fencing, which is hardly a game. Of 
course a lot of enjoyment may be had by tennis players 
who are not particularly proficient in the game, and in 
fact the majority of players are not at all expert. One 
reason why tennis players as a whole do not become won- 
derfully expert at their own game is that in this climate 
the season is apt to be short. Playing cannot be started 
until the ground is thoroughly dried in late spring and 
unless the weather holds fair there are frequent inter- 
ruptions for days at a time when the condition of the 
courts will not allow playing. Up-to-date clubs provide 
for that emergency by covering their courts when not in 
use. The ideal tennis weather is a warm sunny summer 
day. Plenty of light is essential to good playing and 
warm weather makes the action snappier. A nervous 
person has little chance to become expert in the game as 
the strain upon one’s nervous system in a long match is 
terrific. However, there is no reason why anyone can- 
not derive a high degree of benefit from the game by 
playing with someone his equal in skill and strength. 
Tennis is of ancient origin. It was played by the 
Greeks in a form slightly different from that of today 
and was known as “sphairisis.” The “Pila” of the Ro- 
mans was another form of tennis. Under the name of 
“Paume” the game appears in the Arthurian romances ana 
it is also mentioned in the early records of the Dark Ages. 
In the 15th century it was in vogue with all classes in 
France. England fostered the game under its present 
name during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It is 
referred to as a “game of kings.” Shakespeare mentions 
the game as being played by the French kings and. be‘ng 
introduced by them into England. 
Tennis has always flourished along the North Shore 
and there are many clubs which are devoted to the sport. 
It may become more popular the coming summer, and 
there are signs that it will. Some of the best courts in 
the country are to be found at the Essex County club, 
Manchester; the Myopia club, Hamilton ; the Tedesco 
Country club, Swampscott; the Corinthian and Eastern 
Yacht clubs, Marblehead: the Montserrat club, Beverly,— 
and the North Shore Swimming Pool, Magnolia. All 
of the hotels have their tennis courts. Those at the Ocean- 
side, Magnolia, vie with any at the hotels along the New 
England coast. 
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