Word: contested
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...shall take place, rests with them alone. We understand that Yale and Harvard both would have preferred to have this meeting next July, but unfortunately we cannot arrange for this. Therefore it only remains to be seen whether Yale and Harvard, in their sportsmanlike desire to bring about a contest of this character, will be willing to arrange for a meeting next September...
...proposed contest, as was represented by the University of Pennsylvania men, could easily take place after the Oxford-Cambridge events, fixed for July 3, and be decided. The committee from the Oxford and Cambridge University athletic clubs which has challenged Yale and Harvard, carefully considered the proposal of the University of Pennsylvania students at two conferences held during the last fortnight. Yesterday the committee cabled the officials of the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Club that they could not accept the challenge...
...match for the single finals in the New England tennis tournament between Chace of Yale, and Howland of New York, was finished here this afternoon. The rain stopped it yesterday, three sets had been played, Chace winning two and Howland one. Howland won two sets this afternoon, securing the contest. The complete score of the match: Howland beat Chase...
...tests may be made and certificates will be granted on any day, excepting Saturday and Sunday, between 2 and 4 p.m., within the two weeks previous to a contest, but no examinations will be made or certificates be granted on the day of the contest...
...four-oared boats made quite a contest. There were three entered and the most likely of the three, the one stroked by Magrath, was set back about three yards at the start. This handicap was too much for it to overcome, and the crew stroked by Addison, consisting of Addison '96, Delaney '96, Fay '96 and Chase '96, won from the crew stroked by Stevens '97, who had with him Smith '96, Foster L. S, and Gray '97, by about a length...