Word: courting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Since graduation he had been engaged in business in the cities of Cincinnati and St. Louis, and within a year had come east to act as agent in Boston for the Heine Safety Boiler Co., and at the time of his death was living with his mother at Trinity Court in Boston. His death occurred in a hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, after an operation for appendicitis...
Ward won the match by steady, even playing and excellent judgment. Although Roche played a much more brilliant game and continually passed Ward by hard smashing, he was erratic, and lost the match from unsteadiness in returning Ward's strokes within the court. Both men played a close net game...
Ward found out early in the match that he was unable to pass Roche by straight return-strokes as the latter covered the court with ease, without using any back-hand strokes. To offset this difficulty, he pursued from the outset the policy of steady accurate lobbing, thus forcing Roche to smash. Most of his returns passed Ward along the side lines, but owing to the difficulty of playing a steady smashing game accurately, many of them went outside...
...first match, Roche defeated Beyer without much difficulty, by more skillful net play and better judgment in placing his strokes. Beyer played almost entirely in the middle of the court and, partly on account of his short reach, failed to smash successfully when the opportunity was given. In the Ward-Rotch match there was almost no rallying one or two strokes generally ending each play. As a consequence the playing consisted almost wholly in a back court game, where Ward's swift cuts were most effective. In the match with Derby there was more rallying and the playing was more...
...after a long illness. He was a native of Boston and studied law at the Harvard Law School, beginning practice in Detroit in 1853. In 1869 he was assistant United States district attorney, served on the school board and public library committee, was elected judge of the Wayne Circuit Court in 1882, and filled that office several years. Previous to this time he had served as supreme court reporter, gaining a state reputation and wide experience. He also published five volumes of Michigan supreme court reports...