Word: courting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...finals in the tennis tournament between R. C. Thomas '96 and M. D. Whitman '99 will be played this afternoon on the Carey court at 3.30 o'clock...
...afternoon was one in the third round between A. Ingraham '96 and E. R. Marvin '99. This match was very close, and some excellent tennis was played. Marvin won the first set by running to the net and smashing beautifully. Ingraham played entirely in the back of the court, going to the not only twice in the whole match, but his good lobbing made up for his lack of net play...
...match between Thomas and Codman was very close, but both played badly at times. Thomas ran up to the net on his service nearly every time, and Codman could not pass him, but put everything within his opponent's reach or out of court. Thomas played splendidly at the net, but his back court game was very weak. Codman's inability to lob well went far towards his losing the match...
Marvin and Holt also had an evenly played match. Holt weakened at critical points and drove easy strokes out of court and into the net, but there was some doubt about the result until the end of the match, as Marvin was erratic...
...large crowd assembled to watch the finals in the afternoon. Seaver started in strongly and played much better than Edwards in the first set, winning rather easily, 6-3. In the second, Edwards showed marked improvement and placed beautifully, making Seaver run all over the court. Seaver lost confidence and did not play as well as in the first, and Edwards got the set 6-1. The third set was the closest of the match. Edwards won a lead of 3-1. Then Seaver improved and in turn led at 5-3. By very pretty placing and running...