1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

parallel with it, are drawn the Service-lines. The marking of the Half-court-linebetween the Service-lines and the Base-lines is omitted, with the exception of asmall portion at the centre of each Base-line.2. The balls shall not be less than 2 ‘/% inches (63.5 mm.) nor more than2 g/lg in. (65.1 mm.), in diameter; and not less than I 7/8 oz. (53 gr.) nor morethan 2 oz. (65.1 gr.) in weight.3. In all competitions where an umpire is appointed his decision shall be final,but if a referee is also officiating, the competitors can appeal to him from the decisionof an umpire on a question of law, and in all such cases the decision of theReferee shall be final.4. The choice of sides and the right to be Server or Striker-out during thefirst games shall be decided by toss, provided that, if the winner of the toss choosethe right to be server or striker-out, the other player shall have the choice of sides,and vice versa, and provided that the winner of the toss may, if he prefer it, requirethe other player to make the first choice.5. The players shall stand on opposite sides of the net; the player who firstdelivers the ball shall be called the Server, the other the Stiker-out.6. At the end of the first game the Striker-out shall become Server, and theServer shall become Striker-out, and so on, alternately, in the subsequent games ofthe set.7. The Server shall, before commencing to serve, stand with both feet at reston the ground behind (i. e. further from the net than) the base-line and within thelimits of the imaginary continuation of the half-court and the side-lines, and thereafterthe server shall not run, walk, hop or jump before the service has been delivered,but the server may raise one foot from (and, if desired, replace it on) theground, provided that both feet are kept behind the base-line until the service hasbeen delivered.8. The Service shall be delivered from the right and left courts alternately, beginningfrom the right in every game, even though odds be given or owed, andthe ball served shall drop within the service-line, half-court-line, and side-line, ofthe Court which is diagonally opposite to that from which it was served, or uponany such line.9. It is a fault if the Server commit any breach of Law 7, or if the servicebe delivered from the wrong Court, or if the ball served drop in the net or beyondthe service-line, or if it drop out of Court or in the wrong Court. If the Serverin attempting to serve, miss the ball altogether, it does not count a fault; but ifthe ball be touched, no matter how slightly, by the racket, a service is thereby delivered,and the laws governing the service at once apply.10. A fault may not be taken.11. After a fault, the Server shall serve again from the same Court from whichhe served that fault, unless it was a fault because served from the wrong Court.12. A fault may not be claimed after the next service has been delivered.13. The service may not be volleyed, i. e., taken before it touches the ground,even though the ball be clearly outside the Service Court.14. The Server shall not serve until the Striker-out is ready. If the latter attemptto return the service, but fail, he loses the stroke. If, however, the Strikeroutsignify that he is not ready after the service has been delivered, but before theball touch the ground, he may not claim a fault because the ball ultimately dropsoutside the Service Court.15. A ball is in play from the moment at which it is delivered in service(unless a fault) until it:a) has been volleyed by the Striker-out in his first stroke;b) has dropped in the net or out of Court;c) has touched either of the players or anything that he wears or carries excepthis racket in the act of striking;d) has been struck by either of the players with his racket more than once consecutively;e) has been volleyed before it has passed over the net;f) has failed to pass over the net before its first bound (except as provided in Law 17);g) has touched the ground twice consecutively on either side of the net, thoughthe second time may be out of Court.1046