Word: contestant
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...game with the University of Pennsylvania this afternoon will decide the comparative merits of the two teams. The series now stands, a victory for each nine and one game tied. Naturally then, a good deal of interest will centre in today's contest. That it will be a closer struggle than on Monday is almost assured. There may be occasions when the excitement will run high and the cheering tend towards a repetition of what it degenerated to in the Princeton game. Would it not be well for the manager or captain of the nine to appoint regular...
...annual Yale Tennis tournament were played Monday between Frank Butterworth and Arthur T. Foote, Foote won three straight sets by the score of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4. Foote is regarded as the coming tennis player of Yale. He won the finals in the Andover-Exeter tennis contest last year, and has won every set he has played during his course at Yale in this spring's tournament. Butterworth is the old football player. Foote will meet. A. J. Sharly, of Somerville, Mass., last year's Yale champion, and play for the graduates' cup in a few days...
...Ames-Gray Club of the Harvard Law School has received letters from the miller Club of the University of Pennsylvania to arrange for a joint oratorical contest between the students of the two law schools. The matter was brought up at the time when the Harvard men were preparing for the law examinations, and it was too late to arrange for the contest to take place this spring. The debate will be in the form of an argument on some legal case, and will be conducted like the previous joint debates between other colleges. Definite arrangement will be made next...
...customary to give the college a conservative estimate of what may be expected from the Mott-Haven team whose final efforts will be made at the annual Intercollegiate Games to be held on Manhattan field. New York, Saturday afternoon. The contest generally narrows down to the men representing Harvard and Yale and the meeting is often a repetition of the dual games between these colleges, but this year some new stars have sprung up in the smaller colleges, who will undoubtedly take points from the larger colleges. In discussing the probable winners of the meeting this estimate will be based...
...outcome of the 100 yards is a matter of doubt and will be a close contest between Allen of Princeton, Richards of Yale and Lefurgey and Garcelon of Harvard, with a preference for the order given. Harvard expects Merrill to win the 220 yards dash. Richards of Yale and Ramsdell, Princeton's broad jumper, will strive for the other points. As Merrill does not run in the quarter, Harvard's hopes are centered in Bingham, Hill and Pinkham as Brewer's leg is troubling him. Brokaw of Princeton is a strong runner and stands a good chance to win. Cornell...