Word: lots
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...others by evading the rules, as is done in the case of college rooms, is unfounded. Under the rules of the Tennis Association, no such transfer will be possible, as a member on leaving the university has to give up his court, which will then be assigned by lot...
...list of the unoccupied courts to be distributed by lot will probably be published in tomorrow's HERALD...
...govern: Best two-three sets without vantage sets, unless the players change sides at the end of every game of the odd set, when such set will be a vantage set. Finals will be best 3-5, vantage sets. All matches will be drawn by lot. A prize racket will be given in the singles, and two rackets as prizes in the doubles. Entries, which must be accompanied by an entrance fee of fifty cents for each single player and one dollar for each pair, may be made at Bartlet's, on or before Saturday, May 12th...
...tennis courts not signed for on or before Tuesday, May 8, will come into possession of the Tennis Association, and will be distributed by lot...
...latest story laid at the door of John Stetson treats of his $150-per-week comedian, Harry Dixey, late Lord Chancellor of the Bijou. Dixey was speaking of the very limited educational chances which had fallen to his lot. "Well," said Stetson, "if you had graduated at Harvard you might be getting as much as eight dollars a week now, weighing nails in a hardware store." From which it appears that John shares somewhat the sentiments of Horace Greeley regarding college graduates...