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15 feet 27 feet 78 feet ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE artificial drainage asphalt backstop nets ball broken stones cinders clay court clay or dirt concrete condition corner peg cost cracked bluestone crested dogtail grass depressions depth dirt court dition double court drain pipes drainage prob durable eyes feet high filled floor scraper foliage FRANCIS PEABODY MAGOUN fresh sod garden grass court grass is poor grass roots grass sod gravel green ground guy ropes HARVARD COLLEGE hour-glass formation inches iron posts keep lawn tennis laying marking material middle morning natural sod outdoor players playing popular porous rainstorm rake repairs roll roller satisfactory seashore sand season seed smooth snugly soil sometimes sown spectators spring sticky stop-nets stucco tennis courts terra cotta terrace thick tions top-dressing trap-rock trees turf court turf is soft water at night wet weather winter wooden courts wooden floors worms
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Page 1 - It was played upon open courts in the parks or ditches of the feudal castles of France and Italy. It was...