Tennis Machine is Great Success
*ITOMATON. invented BY AUSTRALIAN. TESTED BY LEADING NET STARS
l ho Jepson tennis machine gun. an -Australian invention, had its first, pubAmerican showing at the West Side l onnU Club in Forest Hills recently aml was received enthusiastically by s ®vtral well-known stars who experimented with the automaton. The machine, designed and owned iVrcy Jepson. of Melbourne, was centre of all eves during almost , • entire afternoon, and was tested ,v a number of the leading players. : ;rn.. n sr whom U(l -, Miss Hetty Nut- *, • famous English Wlghtman Cup >Uti ; Miss Marjorie Hindman. women s intercollegiate champion: filter Merrill Hall. president of the to/ft Side Tennis Club, and Vincent Richards. PLAYERS enthusiastic
The stars who faced the mechanical J. : S v * r "ere unanimous in praising its 'Mue, Miss Nuthall and Mr. Hall were enthusiastic over its pro-
v Th ® machine is almost six feet in Ir ' i l i , unti automatically operated. holds a load of thirty-six tennis tk! * can adjusted to discharge f ,a 3-t 1- different speeds, ranging easy pace negotiated by a , impelled by an underhand serve 5. cannonball rate made by TilService. The manner in which ball is shot over the net also is kaM 1 - 0 ietl hy * ev ers. which guide the course a resular » straight or irregular
the outstanding feati.res of - machine i> its ability to catapult balls consistently. Resides invention can discharge shots t * v * r Y description and is regarded * Hus Aid to practice*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 830, 26 November 1929, Page 13
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248Tennis Machine is Great Success Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 830, 26 November 1929, Page 13
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