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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1904

Tennis

page 33

Tennis

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The racquet is calling the flying ball,
The court is calling the shoe,
The flannels are calling the shining sun,
They call, O player, for you.

The net is calling the Mending thread,
The Primus is calling the flame,
And Easter is calling for practice hard,
So come and play us a game.

BBefore the next issue of the "Spike" the Inter-University College Tournament will have been decided in Wellington. To make the Tennis part of the meeting a complete success every member of the Tennis Club can do something. Reliable umpires must be found, and the Secretary will be glad to take the names either of students of friends of the College who are willing to undertake this responsible and necessary duty. The student who can do nothing else can bring a friend and help to convience the visitors that Victoria College is not dead—nor sleeping.

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The Courts, which have been practically closed during the winter, will be opened again before we go to print. The nets are being mended by an energetic Secretary, and we are informed on reliable authority that the "Primus," or rather the "Primi," are likely to give as much joy this season as last—if not more.

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An Umpires' Association has been formed with the object of training players to umpire and to use a uniform system of scoring. The umpire question is one of the tribultations of tennis, and Victoria College Club has given its support to the page 34 Association. It is for the members to support the Club.

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It behoves the present Committee to keep its weather eye open. The building is going up on the new site. We would suggest that expert opinion be obtained as to the possibilities of ground for tennis courts. The Club should first of all discover clearly what it requires, and then sit on somebody's doorstep until its importunity is rewarded.

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