Judge — March 14, 1931 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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Tennette , Wiivrver designed the swell game of Tennette evidently was cither trying to avoid plagiarizing ping-pong or was fashioning it for players of Mac’s dimensions—those who aren't equal to covering an entire tennis court. In other words, Ten- nette is one-fourth the game tennis is, being played on a court scaled down to one-fourth the size of the regulation tennis court. Playable indoors or out, you use a wooden racquet full of holes and score just as in tennis—the only difference being the sumes a more inti played indoors. The ball, incidental- ly, is heavier than a tennis ball. We found this out when I socked Mae in the eye with one. Mac's orb is now heavier than a Tennette ball. layed indoors it is better than a Turkish bath. Between us Mac and I lost a total of five pounds in two hours. The game should go well with the cogno- fatti. Also you get mad and swear and look grim just as in tennis. All this Mac and I found out by a visit to the new public Tennette courts situated on the third floor of the Plaza Bldg. at 625 Madison Avenue. The courts here are set right in an empty office loft and are enclosed in nets. Playing inside of them gives you either the feeling of the raccoon at the JUDGE zoo or of bei alone, according to your nature, At one point in our game Mac tildened too far, slipped into the net enclosure and it all came down with him. He had to be extricated with a knitting needle, the But it’s all in the gam find fast and muscle fil and has the added virtue of keeping vou out of the open air (if played here). It costs a dollah an hour per player, which includes nice, new, clean sneakers, ete, By the way, these Madison Avenue courts are on the sam jor with Ned Wayburn’s Danei ly that old pervert, my partner (Mac), spent the time between sets peeking and sneaking new steps. The results of the matches? Well, I won five straight sets from M ach at six love, but only after Mac had put up a bitter battle. He's a great loser all right, all right. ie snark, . which you'll Smotcrek Recestey some musical society thought up one of those quest naires which seem designed only to increase the loads of our governmen- al burros, the letter: and mailed it around to the world’s gr est celebrities. It was this: “What piece of music would you like to die to?" Such symphony gobblers-up as SHOWING HOW OE DONS “He CUMMERBWWD SSH FOR TAENING WEAR Rudy Vallee, Louis B. Mayer. Rich ard Halliburton, Zit of Zit’s Weekly, and the traffic cop at the Crossroads » World answered (they would) “hopin’s Funeral March.” Oth se the Funeral March from Gotterdiimmerung” and Flo “Die Ziegfeld chose “Mammy”! But to William Bochnel, squawkie-squawker for the Evening Telegram, $500 smoterck prize. He s there are two verses to the chorus of ‘Singing in the Rain,’ I'd like to die at the end of the first.” DEERMINE WHETHER __ THE TEANETE THE YE ZaeZ Zs yr Tf Eye-Queues Te men, ten miles apart, start running towards cach other in a straight line. One runs six miles an hour and the other four miles an hour. A bee joins the faster runner right at the start and flies from one to the other at twenty-five miles an hour. How far has the bee flown when the two men meet? One morning Oxford University awakened to find a China water itcher sacrilegiously festooning the pire of St.Giles’ Church. The au- thorities could not find out who had perpetrated the prank, and it was im- possible to get the pitcher down by any human means. Finally the Dons decided to have it shot down with a rifle. After several attempts it was smashed and fell. What's wrong here? How much earth is there in a hole Le ence strainer ro tame comicbooks.com