Word: champion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Technology beat Williams yesterday on the Union grounds in Boston, 22 to 0. The game was an important one in the series. If the Tech. eleven beats Stevens Institute in the coming game, Dartmouth and Tech. will then be tied for the championship and Tech., last year's champion, will also hold the championship...
...Amateur Union holds a large Athletic meeting this evening at Madison Square Garden, New York. Over 250 men from Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Newcrk, Princeton College, Yale and many local clubs, have entered for the different events. A. B. George and W. T. Young, the champion cross-country runners of England, will contest against Skillman and Gilbert of America. In the foot-ball kicking contest, Bull of the Yale eleven, will compete. Roddy and Thompson of Princeton are contestants in several events...
...making up a list of champion for the past year, the names of R. D. Sears, who did not play on account of ill health, and of Dr. Dwight, who played in only one tournament, must be omitted. The following, who have played in at least five tournaments, may be considered this year's champions...
...college tennis championship has finally been decided and Mr. Sears still retains his prestige as champion. It would have been a surprise, indeed, if after his skillful playing at New Haven Mr. Sears had been outplayed here. The tournament had the good effect of bringing out a number of young and promising players, upon whom we must depend for upholding Harvard's supremacy in tennis in the future. The managers of the tournament should receive the thanks of all who enjoyed the contests for the successful way in which the tournament was conducted...
...Saturday afternoon, Chase, '91, the winner of the college tournament, played P. S. Sears, '89, for the championship. Sears outplayed his opponent, who was not up to his usual mark, and won easily by a score of 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Sears, therefore, remains the college champion. The players were frequently hampered by a crowd of small boys who pressed closely upon the courts, though repeatedly told to keep back. It is a pity that the college authorities do not take more care to have strangers kept off the athletic grounds...