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...University doubles championship was won yesterday afternoon by F. F. A. Pearson '11 and H. Nickerson '11, from K. Brewster 2L. and H. H. Rolfe sL., in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. After the first few games, the match developed into a fight...
...third set, Pearson and Nickerson won the first two games. Holding them at the back of the court by lobbing, Brewster and Rolfe were able to take the next two by points scored on the latter's terrific smashes. They then took the lead, on Rolfe's serve, for the first time in the match. The following three games however were taken in rapid succession by Pearson and Nickerson before Rolfe again won his serve. With a score of 40-30 on the next game, Pearson took the last point of the match on a smash at Rolfe's feet...
...University football team will play Brown this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Stadium. This will be the first of the final series of games for this year; the Brown game has been moved up one week on the Harvard schedule. The University team will probably have both P. D. Smith and McKay in the line-up but, in case the coaches decide to save them, Long and Hooper will play at right half-back and left tackle respectively...
...secret practice was very light yesterday afternoon. The first and second teams lined up against each other and walked through plays but no scrimmage was held. In the signal practice which followed this "dummy" line-up, the first team was very fast, getting off with the ball on almost every play. Hooper was in McKay's place at left tackle. The line-up was: l.e., Houston, Rogers; l.t., Hooper; l.g., W. K. Blodgett, L. Withington; c., P. Withington; r.g., Fisher; r.t., Fish; r.e., L. D. Smith; q.b., O'Flaherty; l.h.b., Frothingham; r.h.b., Long; f.b., Minot...
...Freshman football team will play its second game of the season with Andover this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at Andover. In their first game last Saturday, the Freshmen defeated Groton by the score of 9 to 0. Since then they have been given a week of hard practice, concluding their preparation for the Andover game with a long signal drill yesterday afternoon...