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...final round of the fall tennis tournament yesterday afternoon, N. W. Niles '09 defeated F. J. Sulloway 2L., 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. With the exception of the second set Niles played a very accurate game. His serve was faultless, and his return shots, especially those at the net, were very well placed. Sulloway served well, but was unable to cover his court, and some of his returns were very inaccurate. Niles, who becomes University champion by defeating Sulloway, has for the last two years won the interscholastic singles in the Harvard tournament, and also the national interscholastic singles...
...inestimable advantage to men who intend to run the half, the mile and the two mile in the spring. Trials will be held for the team about November 1. The following week there will be a cross country race with first, second third prizes for men who fall to make the team...
...semi-final round of the fall tennis tournament, on Saturday afternoon, N. W. Niles '09 defeated S. W. Howland 2L. 6-0, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. Niles played a steadier game than his opponent and took advantage of every opportunity; he covered his court well and his strokes at the net were nearly always well placed. After losing the first set, 6-0, Howland braced, winning by 6-4, Niles seemed to have lost much of his accuracy. In the next two sets Niles allowed Howland only two games, his drives to the back line were hard...
Owing to the wet condition of the courts no matches in the fall tennis tournament were played yesterday...
Yesterday afternoon the University team ran through easy signal practice. On account of the rain this work was done in the cage. The men left Cambridge at 4 o'clock on a special car, and took the 4.50 boat train for Fall River. They will return to New York immediately after the game and spend the night at the Murray Hill hotel, leaving on the 10.02 train tomorrow morning for Boston...