Word: closes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman tennis team kept their slate clean and ended up their season by a close victory over the Eli netmen, 5 matches to 4. Practically all of the contests were close, four of them going to three sets, the comeback of Captain D. M. Frame '32 and Edward Orlandini '32 to capture the first doubles match from Harte and Warner of Yale, 1-6, 6-4, 6-5, exhibiting especially brilliant playing. The matches were played on the Divinity Courts...
Connor, who took sixth place in the hammer throw at the Olympics, will win his event, while Stewart of Yale, Alcock, and Vonckx will fight for the other places. Weicker and Brandenburg are conceded the discus while the shot put seems close, with O'Gorman of Yale favored on past performances. Wolf, Yale, is favored in the high jump, while French and Rowe seem best in the broad jump. Yale Daily News...
...Gorman is Yale's best shot putter, but is expecting a close fight for victory. Dopesters here pick Wolfe to win the high jump and Conner to take the hammer throw. A close contest is expected between Alcock of Harvard and Stewart of Yale for the remaining places in this latter event, however...
...persistent rumor described Collector Hamilton as Dealer Duveen's close colleague, the sale as, in reality, a Duveen sale. Collector Hamilton's careful avoidance of reporters and photographers enhanced this rumor...
...match the terrific sprint of its two rivals on the Severn last Saturday and breezed in nearly a length behind, there was a solid conviction in the minds of the spectators that a well directed finish by the Harvard oarsmen would have forced their opponents to crack, so close were they to the breaking point...