Word: matches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...results of the first round of the Intercollegiate Tennis tournament, which is being held on the courts of the Haverford Cricket Club, Philadelphia, are given below. For Harvard, J. A. Roche '03 won his match in the singles, and Roche and W. P. Blagden '04 won in the doubles...
...Several matches will be played during the year, the most important being that one with Yale, to be held in Cambridge on the night before the Harvard-Yale football game. There will also be the intercollegiate and international matches, and, in all probability, a telegraphic match with the University of California. In addition to these matches there will be weekly or fortnightly matches in the Boston Chess League, in which ten men from the club will be entered...
...track meet between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge will be held at Berkeley Oval this afternoon. This is in the nature of a return match for the one held in England in 1899, when the English Universities won by five events to four. As is usually the case in contests of this kind, each side is practically sure of several events, because of the uneven development in the two countries. The Englishmen are almost certain to win the long runs, and the Americans have a like advantage in the field events. To Harvard and Yale are conceded...
...third day brought an interesting match in singles between Ward and Davs, which was won by the latter after a discouraging start. The score...
Davis lost his match with Wright, the latter winning in straight sets, 6-2, 8-6, 6-3. Wright then defeated R. D. Little, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, and met Larned, who had reached the finals after defeating Ware, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. In the final match, Larned combined accuracy with his usual brilliancy and won, 6-2, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4, though Wright played a strong game throughout. As M. D. Whitman 99, holder of the championship, defaulted, Larned, by taking this match, became national champion...