substitute the words "zero," "nothing," for "love" than cause
such an upheaval as was proposed. In my opinion the best way to
obviate the matter is to use the player's name in conjunction
with the points won by him, when his opponent has none. If the
first point is won by Williams, call the score "15, Williams"
and, with his opponent scoring the next, the call would become
"15-all."

If tennis loses one adherent, it could otherwise gain, simply by
its retaining the word "love" in the score, I heartily advocate
removing it. This removal was successfully accomplished in
Chicago in 1919, with no confusion to players, umpires, or
public.

However, returning from my little digression on the relative
value of "love" and "nothing," let me continue my short history
of the game. The playing of tennis sprang into public favour so
quickly that in a comparatively short space of time it was
universally played in England and France. The game was brought to
America in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Its growth
there in the past twenty-five years has been phenomenal. During
the last half century tennis gained a firm foothold in all the
colonies of the British Empire, and even found favour in the
Orient, as is explained in another portion of this book.

Tennis fills many needs of mankind. It provides an outlet for
physical energy, relaxation, mental stimulus, and healthful
exercise. The moral tone is aided by tennis because the first law
of tennis is that every player must be a good sportsman and
inherently a gentleman.