Word: harada
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University Tennis Tournament closed yesterday afternoon when Take-lichi Harada, Japanese tennis star and special student at the University, walked away with three final sets with Alden Briggs '25, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0, and was awarded the Philip Nathaniel Jackson championship cup for this year...
...Harada is the survivor of almost 150 tennis players who entered the tournament two weeks ago, and he came through with the startling record of not having lost a set during the course of play. His victory was expected from the start, as he has easily the greatest tennis reputation of any student in the University. In addition to being singles champion of Japan, Harada was a member of the Japanese team which contended for the Davis Cup this summer...
...Japanese star had the match well in hand throughout. Neither player seemed able to make any cross-count placements, but Harada's speed and steadiness, and his ability to play his best tennis in the pinches were the deciding factors in the encounter...
During the first two sets. Harada seemed to take things easily, and let the set go to 3-3 in each case before he began to exert himself...
...took his service for the first four games; but on the fifth game, the Japanese star lost his game, giving Briggs a 3-2 advantage. This was the only time throughout the match when Briggs had the long end of the score in his favor. After losing this game, Harada settled down to business and ran the set out in four straight games...