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" Vantage ' is then introduced, and a player, in order to score game, must win two points in succession, viz., vantage and game ; otherwise though he may have won vantage, if he should lose the next stroke the score returns to deuce. "
Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes - Page 139
1875
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The New Quarterly Magazine, Volume 5

1876 - 510 pages
...played by the game. The player who first scores 15 aces shall win the game. 14. But if both parties reach 14, the score is called " Deuce." Another point,...viz., vantage and game ; otherwise, though he may have one vantage, if he should lose the next stroke the score returns to deuce. 15. A. ball which drops...
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The Laws of Athletics: Showing how to Preserve and Improve Health, Strength ...

William Wood (of New York.) - 1880 - 130 pages
...return the ball according to rule. It is worthy of remark too, that if both players reach fourteen the score is called "Deuce." Another point called...introduced, and a player, in order to score Game, must win tico points in succession, viz., Vantage and Game, otherwise, though ho may have won Vantage, if he...
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Lawn tennis, badminton, croquet [&c.].

Lawn tennis - 1883 - 104 pages
...called 40 ; and the fourth stroke is called " Game ; " except, — 14. If both players reach 3 strokes the score is called " Deuce." Another point called...should lose the next stroke the score returns to Deuce. The player who first wins six games gains a " Set." 15. A ball which drops on any line shall be considered...
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The enquirer's oracle: or, What to do and how to do it

Enquirer - 1884 - 458 pages
...LINE. 27 feet. •98 THE PUREST TREASURE IS SPOTLESS REPUTATION. But if both parties reach fourteen, the score is called " Deuce." Another point, called...viz., vantage and game ; otherwise, though he may have one vantage, if he should lose the next stroke the score returns to deuce. A ball which drops on any...
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The Encyclopaedia of Sport, Volume 2

Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo - 1898 - 752 pages
...points, thus scored — 15, 30, 40, game. 17. But if both players reach the third point or 40 together, the score is called "deuce." Another point called...score "game,"' must win two points in succession, ie, "vantage" and "game." Otherwise, though he may have won " vantage, if he should lose the next stroke,...
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