TENNIS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• Objective- get ball over net
• First-used bare hands
• Developed to glove
• 16th Century-racquet

ORGIN

• Came from Great Britain
• Intro to U.S. in 1874 by Yachting Clubs
• First Court- Mary Outerbirdge

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DEVELOPMENT

• Women ❤️ 🎾
• Spread quickly to middle class
• Family Sport

SIGNIFIGANCE

• Embrace the business ethnic
• Outlets for social anxieties
• Social Stratification
• Collegiate Sport

MORE TENNIS

• Women wore dresses, bustles, and hats
• 1st-tournament: 1880, Staten Island
• 1st- women's national championship-1887
• 1890s- entire lawn tennis sets- $7.67

MODERN DAY LAWN TENNIS SET

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SOURCES

• 1878-1899: Sports and Recreation: Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2017, from http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/1878-... •Shrock, J. (2004). The Gilded Age. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.