Word: final
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fourth round in the singles, played yesterday, Lee beat Snow-6-1, 6-4. In the final singles, Shaw beat Lee-6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 8-6. This was an exhibition of very fine tennis. Shaw drove the ball hard and accurately first on one side-line and then on the other. He won the first two sets handily. In the third, Lee braced, playing his backhanded shots with good effect, and took the set. At the beginning of the fourth set, both players struggled hard for the lead. The first game was deuce and vantage at least...
...singles yesterday Snow beat W. Kinsley, 5-6, 6-4, 6-3; and Shaw beat Tailer, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. The match between Shaw and Tailer was an exhibition of very strong tennis. The result of the final doubles was a great surprise. Lee and Tallant beat Sears and Shaw three straight sets, 6-4, 8-6, 7-5. Lee and Tallant played very close to the net and seemed able to return everything; while Sears and Shaw tried to drive through them instead of lobbing, and getting them back first. Lee and Tallant will play an exhibition...
...final doubles will be played at Beck Hall...
...blue books for the final examination in Political Economy 1 must be handed in on Wednesday...
...faculty of the Institute of Technology has made an exception in the case of Mr. Merrill, '88, who was so badly injured by an explosion in the laboratory of organic chemistry. He will be granted his degree without final examinations...