I returned to keep the promise I made this morning," he laughed, standing before the big open fireplace, holding his tennis racquet behind his back.

" Added to an articulateness which equips him to put his experience and knowledge into words, his background in racquet games is broad, longstanding and at a level sufficiently upper echelon to have garnered national championships in three separate bat and ball sports.

Less active in formal competition for some years, he latterly became interested in a newly burgeoning racquet sport, and attained the pinnacle in the 1966 National Platform Paddle Tennis Doubles Championships.

The demands for fast reflexes, agile racquet work and speed of foot are intriguing challenges for the youngsters.

The youngster will improve his racquet work, hone his reflexes (especially on volleys and half volleys), and keep his legs in shape during the off winter months.

So, we invite all racquets men, young and old alike, to accept the challenges of the fastest indoor racquet and ball game in the world.

[Racquet open when contacting ball.] for position of racquet at the moment of contact with ball.)

[Racquet open when contacting ball.] for position of racquet at the moment of contact with ball.)

The best way to "groove your strokes" and to keep the ball low is to consciously aim your racquet head on your follow-through at the very, top of the "telltale.

" As in all racquet sports, the racquet should do the work.

The ball willingly goes where the racquet head directs it.

It calls for lightning-like reflexes and the ability to move the racquet head practically in any given direction in a fraction of a second.

The volley is a short "jab," with the racquet head traveling forward no more than, say, 24 inches.

Squash Tennis is a game calling for such speed of racquet and comprehensive understanding of much longer or wider angles (than Squash Racquets) that no one can really feel "comfortable" until he has been out on the court playing at least a half dozen times.

A well hit three-way fadeaway, which can be made either off the backhand or the forehand, is practically irretrievable since your opponent, even when he comes to realize how the ball is going to skid out straight at him, will still have great difficulty in getting his racquet head behind the ball (and in front of the back wall) to make a return.

By 1905, the Racquet and Tennis Club, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia Clubs in Manhattan had courts, as did Brooklyn's Crescent A. C. and the Heights Casino.

After all, what is a racquet game without an appropriate ball?

A strong Squash Tennis racquet sells at a competitive price to a Squash Racquet bat.

A strong Squash Tennis racquet sells at a competitive price to a Squash Racquet bat.

2. RACQUET AND BALL The racquet or bat shall have a frame similar in shape to that of a lawn tennis racquet, the length including the handle not to exceed 27 inches

2. RACQUET AND BALL The racquet or bat shall have a frame similar in shape to that of a lawn tennis racquet, the length including the handle not to exceed 27 inches

SERVER Before a match begins, it shall be decided by a spin of a racquet by the players as to which player shall serve first.

If however, a player is hit by a ball off his opponent's racquet that is clearly not going to reach the front wall above the telltale, a let will not be allowed and the point shall be given to the player who was hit by the ball.

" "I have sent to London for a racquet and shoes, and a suit of flannels.

Prayer like an opiate calmed his querulous spirit, and having told his beadsthe great beads which hung on his prie-dieuhe would go down stairs with peace in his heart, and finding Kitty, he would ask her to walk with him in the garden, or they would stroll out on the tennis lawn, racquet in hand.