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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Identifier
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081210-1897-059g
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Transcription
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that she could follow a brilliant series of victories by defeating the international champion in three sets by scores of 6-4, 6-1 and 6-3, in spite of the handicap of lameness caused by her old injury, is held to mark her as one of the most remarkable women tennis players of the day.
Miss Pound owes much of her superiority over the ladies at Chicago to the fact that her practice at home has been largely with men. Contrary to the popular idea, tennis is not a woman's game. It is one of the most excating of all athletic sports, and so few ladies can keep up with its requirements that they soon leave the courts to the men. Miss Pound has been one of the few who could remain in the game with men with the profit to all concerned, and she has acquired a style of play that well merits the term "cyclonic." She has been able to defeat all of the Lincoln players, with one or two exceptions, in the practice games in which she indulged up to two years ago. They have the greatest respet [sic] for her ability and would not be surprised to see her take the national championship after a season of steady practice. It will be a long time before they cease marveling over her feat in going to Chicago without practice and wiping up champions who have spent not only this season but many seasons before it in the most arduous practice and an almost continuous round of tournaments.
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