Word: goode
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...finals in singles between Tallant and Lee were played off yesterday afternoon. Tallant won 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, thus winning the championship of the college. The game was won by Tallant's good returns of Lee's lobbing. Lee played on the back line and lobbed into Tallant's hands continually. This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both...
...prizes will be twenty-five, fifteen, and ten dollars, but no prize will be given unless the songs are accepted and sung by the club. All compositions must be sent in by November 15. It is hoped that the competition may be large so that there may be a good variety of new songs on the club's programme this winter...
...best match in the singles was between Lee and Jennings. Lee took the first set easily. In the second set Jennings braced up a good deal; he took the first game, Then Lee by hard drives took the next three games. The fifth and sixth games went to Jennings by placing and passing. Lee won the next game; then Jennings took the eighth and ninth. The tenth game went to Lee and the score stood 5 all. Lee then played a strong game and won the next two games and set. The score in the second set by games...
...first half, Yale played a strong game and made seven touchdowns, scoring 34 points, and in the first part of the second half they made four touchdowns, with a score of 22 points. In the latter part of the half, however, Yale played poorly and Cornell by good rush line play, and hard work by the backs secured a touchdown from which a goal was kicked. Final score 56 to 6. The Cornell men were almost wild when their eleven scored...
...second set Lee won the first five games both by good back hand strokes and by poor playing on Sturgis' part. Then Sturgis braced up, and by good Lawford strokes won the next four games. The score now stood 5-4 in Lee's favor. The next game and the set and match then went to Lee. Jennings defeated Manchester in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, Jennings' steady playing proving superior to Manchester's brilliant, but erratic game...