"Stomach man"; gut strings and racquet-covers

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texture · STANDING

When: STANDING — habitual traits, surfaced in the 6 Nov YDAU Port Washington narration
What: Schacht classes "Yard-Guard" among the stomach men — players whose competitive nerves settle in the stomach (with Cisne, Lord, and Pemulis). The same scene's narration lists Rader among the handful of E.T.A. players (with Pemulis and Unwin) who favor gut strings and therefore genuinely need racquet-covers, at an academy where covers are otherwise an antifashion taboo.