| Using lawnmowers to build and mark tennis | | | | fast game.A court should always be laid out |
| courts To build a tennis court properly means | | | | north and south or as near these points of |
| a lot of work and it should only be attempted | | | | the compass as possible. In courts running |
| under the direction of some one who | | | | east and west the sun is sure to be in the |
| understands it. The things most important are | | | | eyes of one of the players nearly all day; |
| good drainage, good light, and sufficient | | | | this is of course a very serious objection. |
| room. A double court is 36 feet wide by 72 | | | | While it is very pleasant to play tennis in |
| feet long, but in tournament games or on | | | | the shade of a tree or building, a court |
| courts where experts play it is customary to | | | | should never be located under these |
| have an open space about 60 feet wide by 110 | | | | conditions if it is possible to avoid it. A |
| to 120 feet long, to give the players plenty | | | | properly placed court should be fully exposed |
| of room to run back and otherwise to play a | | | | to the sun all day. |