Word: matches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...objects of the tournament are two-in general to encourage chess in the University, but specifically to pick an appropriate pair for play in the in tercollegiate tournament, held at New York during the Christmas vacation. To match our record during the years since the institution of this tournament-second in '92 and '93, first in '94 and '95-it is of prime importance that all who know the moves should enter. The result of this year's contest is particularly doubtful, inasmuch as Columbia, Princeton and Yale will all have strong teams. And Harvard's chances are from...
...last year at halfback. He is somewhat heavier than last year, weighing now about 185 pounds, and shows considerable promise of filling the place after he gets a thorough knowledge of the points of his position. He is playing opposite Holt, of the scrub, and is hardly a fit match for the latter. The guard positions are likely to be weak this year, even after the best work is gotten out of the material at hand, for the material is not first-class...
...matches to decide Harvard's third representative in singles at New Haven this week were finished on Saturday and resulted in a victory for H. Foster '98. In the morning Foster defeated J. D. Forbes '99 in a well played three set match. Forbes had the score 4-2 in his favor in the third set, but Foster finally won the set and match 6-4. W. M. Scudder '99 also defeated E. R. Marvin '99 in the morning after a long and rather poorly played match. In the afternoon Foster defeated Scudder very easily, both men being too tired...
...played yesterday were very much handicapped by the bad weather, as the balls were soon too wet and heavy to drive well. R. T. Parke '98, was particularly handicapped, as his game consists largely of swift drives from the back of the court. The match between E. R. Marvin '99, and L. E. Ware '99, was well played by both, although the conditions were so unfavorable. The summary on the day's play is as follows...
...Only one match was actually played in the tennis tournament yesterday, as several men defaulted and one or two have not as yet come back to college. The match played was between H. J. Holt '98 and E. R. Marvin '99, and showed some good tennis, although both men are somewhat out of practice. Marvin finally won in two sets, both of them being very close. A summary of the result is as follows...