Word: closely
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...result of the preliminary trials held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, Harvard's chances appear brighter than before. Yale on the whole fared worse than was expected, but Cornell and Pennsylvania showed signs of strength that may make the final result dangerously close. The University led in the number of men qualifying for the finals with 15; Yale and Cornell tied for second with 12 each; Pennsylvania had 8 men and Princeton 7. The other colleges to qualify were Dartmouth with 3, Michigan, Columbia, and Syracuse, 2 each, and Swarthmore, Brown, and Haverford, 1 each. In addition to this Harvard...
...competitors in most of the events are unusually well matched this year and some extremely close finishes are expected. It is hard to pick any particular events as features, inasmuch as all will undoubtedly be of the highest class. While few records are likely to go, many will be closely approached. A number of last year's point winners will compete, but their chances of scoring again can hardly be based on their performances a year ago, because of the extremely bad weather conditions that prevailed at the time...
Niles won the first and third sets without much effort, but in the second set Sweetser showed good form and the match was very close. The service of both players was very good, but Niles's play at the net was superior to Sweetser's and his overhead work surer. Sweetser's chief weakness lay in the fact that he neglected to go to the net when an opportunity was offered him, and that he often allowed Niles to get to the net when he might have kept him in the back of the court...
...close of the meeting President Lowell will return to Cambridge immediately. Mr. Eliot will, however, make a short tour through the Middle West, and on June 1 deliver the annual Phi Beta Kappa address at the University of Missouri. He will start back to Cambridge on June 2, and from Cambridge will go immediately to his summer home at Northeast Harbor, Maine...
Niles has won the championship for three years, defeating Sweetser in the finals last spring by the score of 6-2, 9-7, 6-4. If Sweetser plays in his best form today, the match should be very close...