Word: defended
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...made at Leavitt and Peirce's up to Monday evening. Fee for singles $1.00; for doubles, $2.00. Matches will be two out of three sets except in the finals. The present champions, E. R. Marvin in singles, and H. J. Holt and Holcombe Ward in doubles, will defend their titles against the winners of the tournament. First and runner-up prizes will be given in both events, and a consolation prize in singles...
Last Saturday afternoon, in the Longwood tennis tournament, Holcombe Ward 1900 won the state championship by defeating Leo Ware '99 three sets out of four, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6. As G. L. Wrenn who won the state championship from Hovey last year will not defend the cup, Ward is champion by default...
...championship was held in 1894 and 1895 by F. H. Hovey, and in 1896 by G. L. Wrenn, Jr., '96, who will be called upon to defend his title against the winner of the tournament this year...
...fact that on the question of bimetalism, the substantial matter at issue, the Harvard argument was unquestionably the stronger. Still, I think, the reason of our defeat is perfectly clear. The Yale men held that by the first half of the question the affirmative was required to defend a certain policy on the part of Congress; this policy, said the Yale speakers, would bring disaster. The Harvard men tried to make out that the first clause of the subject meant nothing in particular, and made no attempt to answer the argument based on the Yale interpretation. The judges, it seems...
...writer of the communication published in another column, in his anxiety to defend his position as a newspaper correspondent, is evidently somewhat prejudiced by his point of view...