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Tennis professional Roger Jarrett has another job at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club - teaching ball boys and girls the not-so-simple art of retrieving stray(...)
Tennis professional Roger Jarrett has another job at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club - teaching ball boys and girls the not-so-simple art of retrieving stray(...)

Tennis professional Roger Jarrett has another job at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club - teaching ball boys and girls the not-so-simple art of retrieving stray(...)

Date8/8/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tennis professional Roger Jarrett has another job at Toronto Lawn Tennis Club - teaching ball boys and girls the not-so-simple art of retrieving stray balls during the Rothmans Canadian Open Tennis Championships opening at Toronto Lawn today. The art of their work is to get in; get the ball; and get out as quickly as possible without interfering with the play.
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