Word: clays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...agreed by the different members of the association that clay courts instead of turf should be used thereafter and, as a result of this vote, the place of the tournaments was changed to the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club, on which all subsequent contests have taken place. The winners of the tournament were: Singles, Knapp of Yale and Brinley of Trinity; doubles, Knapp and Shipman of Yale, and Chase and Pratt of Amherst. By 1886, all the leading American colleges of the East had joined the association. The tournament of '86 gave first prize in singles...
...Shooting Club holds its first regular meeting of this year at Watertown this afternoon. Three matches will be started as follows: A.- Clay pigeons, five angles; open to all. B.- Clay pigeons, straight away; prize winners handicapped. C.- Blue rocks, five angles; first prize winners barred. These matches will run for three meetings, ten birds to be shot at each time by each contestant, and his best two scores to count...
...match will be shot under the following conditions: There will be four men to each team, each to shoot forty clay pigeons at five angles. The distance for ten-bore guns will be 18 pards; for twelve-bore guns, 16 yards...
...Shooting Club has been given a cup to be awarded for excellence in "all-round" shooting with the shotgun, pistol and rifle. The shot-gun competition will be held at Watertown this afternoon, when each competitor will shoot at fifty clay birds. The pistol and rifle competitions will be held at Walnut Hill on May 26. Entries are free...
Summary:- Harvard Shooting Club vs. Wellington Gun Club, Wellington, April 28, 1888. Teams of seven; 25 clay birds per man; 18 yards rise; three angles...