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This evening at 7.30 o'clock the University chess team will play its annual match with Yale in the Game Room of the Union. Last year Harvard defeated Yale by the score of 7 matches to 8. in the match tonight a time limit will be enforced of 20 moves an hour for each man. All games not finished at 12 o'clock will be adjudicated...
...than Niles. His judgement is good, he is cool, and has any amount of endurance. His service is not as difficult to return as Niles's, but his overhead work is better. His forehand drive is his most reliable stroke. His volleying is consistent, and he is a good match player...
...Gardner, who has had very little tournament play. Niles has followed the tennis circuit more or less, and has played in more tournaments than the others. This experience has made him the best tactician. Niles uses the twist service entirely and to good advantage, although in a long match it tires him to such an extent that it weakness his game. All his strokes are hard and fast. He is extremely brilliant, but equally erratic. His best position is at the net, and his reach allows him to cover a great deal of court. When...
...Schildmiller and Kennedy, the Dartmouth ends, did. At tackle, Burr played his usual strong game, and Fish showed great improvement. His defensive work was the best that he has done this season. The Harvard centre trio divided honors with their opponents, except for Grant, for whom Brusse was no match. Grant was, as usual, one of the first men down under punts. He succeeded in blocking one of Glaze's attempted goals from placement and in cutting off a fake forward pass. Gilder, who played during most of the game at quarterback, after Newhall was injured, covered his backfield position...
...Seniors won the interclass tennis tournament from the Freshman yesterday afternoon. G. But '08 and E. P. Burt '08 defeated W. M. Walker '11 and J. M. Whiting, Jr., '11, by the score of 3-6, 6-4, 9-7, thus deciding the contest and making the match between C. C. Pell '08 and E. M. Pickman '08 and W. B. Fraser-Campbell '11 and A. Sweetser '11 unnecessary. The second half of the match, which was played today, was close and fast. The two Burts took Walker and Whiting by surprise at the start, but in the last...