to please the members who want a set or so while they wait for their partners to assemble, he must have opportunity to perfect his serve.
The marker says that it is getting more and more difficult to get. good ball-chasers. Time was when learn-pidgins were as common round the nets as in kitchens or garages but nowadays they seem to expect to be paid, and that takes a frightful deal out of the marker's pockets. It is an irksome responsibility to manege these gay young Chinese lads and the returns are hardly adequate for the nervous strain. With the present rate of profit on automobile accessories it might be better to be a look-see_ motor assistant.
The marker deplores the way Wives and other lady members have of coming early to the courts and using him as an instructor. OF course it has its advantages in the way of cumshas, but it does break into the afternoon so. With most of them, of course, it is perfectly possible to chow afternoon rice or fried cakes while one serves slow and easy balls across, but some of them are rude enough to object to the lunch, and one actually told him to stop smoking until tha game was over. Tennis spoils the finer ladylike characteristics, the-marker thinks, and he doesn't intend to have any of his daughters with big feet and tennis rackets.
The marker would like to have a tournament of the Number Ones at the end of the season and may bq Shanghai wouldnt seo some good tennis then.
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