At Project Gutenburg I found The Art of Lawn Tennis...by... Bill Tilden. The title is still available, but not widely. At one time the governing body for tennis in the United States was the USLTA (United States Lawn Tennis Association). In recent times the lawn has been dropped and today it is just the USTA. Grass courts are hard to find in the U.S.
Still the most prestigious event in tennis is still played on the lawns of Wimbledon.The following is an except from the Art of Lawn Tennis Chapter XI The Probable Future of the Game:
Remember this was written in the 1920's.
The champion of the future will
necessarily need more equipment than the champion of to-day. The
present shows us the forehand driving of Johnston, the service of
Murray, the volleying of Richards, the chop of Wallace F.
Johnson, the smash of Patterson, the half volley of Williams, and
the back hand of Pell. The future will find the greatest players
combining much of these games. It can be done if the player will
study. I believe that every leading player in the world in 1950
will have a drive and a chop, fore- and backhand from the
baseline.
Do you think he saw Roger Federer in his crystal ball?
I must admit that I was very impressed by the user friendliness and the download speed of Gutenberg. Keep Gutenberg going.
Overdrive is a different animal, once you download the audio player and learn how it works, it is a great tool. I downloaded American Soldier it did take a while for it to load, but I didn't feel that was a drawback. However, the Adobe ebook I downloaded was Futile and Stupid Gesture and it didn't take long for Adobe to open it.
All in all I liked all the products
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