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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tennis tournament at Longwood yesterday the finals in doubles were won by Sears and Dwight, who defeated Hooper and Dodd by three sets to one. 1n the single contest Dwight first beat Presbrey 6-1, 6-2, and then beat Wheelwright 6 2, 6-2. Taylor was beaten by young Shaw two straight sets 6-5, 6-5. The finals in the singles will be played today by Dr. Dwight and Shaw. If Shaw wins, Taylor Dwight and one or two others will play for second prize, If Dwight wins. Shaw, Wheelwright, Presbrey and one other will play. The second...
...Wheelwright '85. Taylor had a very close shave in playing with Philip Sears, a young brother of the champion, who won the first set and gained 5 and 4 games on each of the others. Taylor had to overcome a heavy handicap which he did by steady playing. Presbrey beat Gillett two sets out of three. This leaves five players still in for the singles, Wheelwright who has the bye, Presbrey vs. Dr. Dwight, and Taylor vs. Shaw, a boy of fifteen, who has so far shown remarkable skill and has a large handicap...
...their best to fulfill these anticipations. If this game is won, the contest a week from today if won by Harvard, will place our nine and that of Yale on a tie for the championship. If lost, however, our chances for the championship are gone, even if we beat Yale on the twenty-first. It is therefore necessary for Harvard to win this game that we may have an opportunity to tie Yale for the championship and later to wrest the championship from the same college...
...Bostons defeated the Philadelphia's yesterday by a score of 10 to 1, and the Provid nee club beat the New Yorks...
...first round of the singles in the tennis tournament, Warren beat Bacon, Peabody beat Codman, Rhinelander beat Edgar, Wheelwright beat Pierson, Mandell beat White, Sawin beat Curtis and Andrews beat Thompson. In the second round, Mandell beat Peabody, Warren beat Sawin, Andrews beat Rhinelander, Wheelwright had a bye. In the third round, Warren beat Wheelwright. In the doubles, Andrews and Keep beat Gardner and Kimball...