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From: osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (osmigo)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Re:definition of "drive"
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 19:52:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  1 19:52:05 1985
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According to "Tennis Rules Illustrated," Ed. George Sullivan, Simon and 
Schuster, 1981, in the glossary:

DRIVE: A hard stroke or onw that causes the ball to travel in a relatively
flat trajectory.

Thus you often see the word "drive" in connection with hard-hit shots, as in,
"he hit deep baseline DRIVES," or "he consistently DROVE the ball deep," etc.

....and here's one for you guize...
One of the most talked-about issues regarding behind-the-scene tennis today is
the "necessity" of "protecting" top players with the rationale that they are
essential for a good crowd draw. Unlike golf, where a player will win a world-
class tournament one day and fail to qualify for a two-bit event the next,
the top tennis players are consistently in the finals. This is reportedly of
GREAT concern to the Tournament Director, who is primarily responsible for 
the event's making a profit. Players like McEnroe and Connors regularly get
away with all kinds of verbal and physical obscenities, etc., while lesser-
known players might get kicked out for practically scratching his nose with
his middle finger. The complicating factor is that the Chair Umpire is selec-
ted by the Tournament Director, and knows that if he disqualifies a top
contestant, it is tatamount to saying "this tournament is going to go $100,000
in the red." Furthermore, that umpire would most likely NEVER officiate again.
The problem is, the Tournament Director's concerns are valid. A final match
between two "non-stars" WON'T draw a crowd, and the tournament WILL lose money,
and very likely a LOT of money. Enourmous fines may be an answer, but then 
we have the problem of calculating just how much the fine should be, and there
may be legal problems with fining one player more than another just because
he has more bucks in the bank. Make the fines a percentage of the purse? Well,
that might work better, but it also might destroy the player's incentive to
play competitively, once he knows he's already lost much of his eventual 
winnings. 

One thing is agreed upon, and that is that SOMETHING needs to be done. High
School and college tennis coaches all over the country are complaining that 
their young players are frequently emulating the "stars," e.g., cursing,
throwing their rackets, and so on. In fact, much of McEnroe's celebrity status
can be attributed directly to his sensational behavior on the court. What do
you think?

Ron Morgan, osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS(osmigo)


...pardon my mispelings, I'm in a hury :-)


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