Word: lawn
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...delegates from Amherst, Trinity and Brown met at Hartford to form an intercollegiate Lawn Tennis association. Yale and Harvard were asked to join, and it was decided that "the championship tournament be held on the 9th of October at Hartford, Conn." In the early part of June an exhibition tournament was held at Hartford in which players from five colleges took part The winners were, in singles, J. Clark, Harvard '83, G. L. Sargent, Yale L. S. second; in doubles, Clark and Taylor of Harvard first, with Gardiner and Hill of Brown, second. The first annual tournament was held...
...agreed by the different members of the association that clay courts instead of turf should be used thereafter and, as a result of this vote, the place of the tournaments was changed to the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club, on which all subsequent contests have taken place. The winners of the tournament were: Singles, Knapp of Yale and Brinley of Trinity; doubles, Knapp and Shipman of Yale, and Chase and Pratt of Amherst. By 1886, all the leading American colleges of the East had joined the association. The tournament of '86 gave first prize in singles...
...annual meeting for the election of officers of the Lawn Tennis Association takes place tonight in Holden Chapel, at 7.30. It is very desirable that all who are interested in the game should be present to take their part in the business. The tournament begins Tuesday. A blue-book has been placed at Bartlett's, and entries can be made as late as eight o'clock tonight. The entrance fee must be paid at Bartlett...
...Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association held its annual meeting in the rooms of the University Club at New Haven on Tuesday evening last. After the usual preliminary business was concluded, Mr. G. A. Hurd of Yale '90 was elected president for the ensuing year, Mr. Q. A. Shaw of Harvard '91, vice-president, and Mr. O. S. Campbell of Columbia '91, secretary. The usual discussion as to the place of holding the tournament next year was indulged in, but it was finally decided to hold the tournament as usual, on the New Haven Tennis Club's grounds...
...intercollegiate tennis tournament began last Monday morning on the grounds of the New Haven lawn tennis club. The high wind, and the state of the courts, which were badly washed, prevented the members of the eight colleges from making any very brilliant plays. In the preliminary round, Brown was beaten by Hall, of Columbia, 6-2, 6-2. Sears beat Johnson of Princeton, 6-1, 6-2; in the second round, Sears also beat Wright of Trinity, 6-2, 6-2. In the doubles, Chase and Tailer defeated Woodruff and Deane, of Amhearst, by a score...