found: Work cat.: Edwards' quoit tennis, 1930?:p. 1 (This game has been played for many years in various forms, and originated on board ship as a suitable game for playing on deck. Quoit tennis: the game is played by two or more players, who throw a quoit over a net to each other, and the rules are similar to lawn tennis, with certain differences necessary owing to the fact that Quoit tennis is played by throwing a quoit with the hand instead of hitting a ball with a racket.)
found: Encyclopaedia Britannica WWW Site, 19 Jan. 2004:Deck tennis (game for two of four players, designed for the limited space available on a ship and also played as a garden game. It combines lawn tennis and quoits. A rubber ring, or quoit, is thrown across a net. It must be caught using one hand and returned immediately with the same hand from the point of catch.)
found: Masters games WWW Site, 19 Jan. 2004:The rules for Deck tennis Page (Deck tennis or Tennequoits is a combination of tennis and quoits)
found: Deck Tennis Courts WWW Site, 19 Jan. 2004(According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth ed., Deck-tennis is defined as a game in which a small ring is tossed back and forth over a net and is popular on board ocean liners. An alternate name for the game is Tennequoits.)