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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Today P. M. Lenhart '27 is slated to meet E.D. Pratt '28 in the first match and Baker is to clash with F.I. Carpenter 10' in the second. The winners of those matches will then meet in the finals, which are to be held on the Harvard's Club courts either Thursday or Friday...
J.F.W. Whitbeck '27, captain of the University team, on Saturday became the first indoor intercollegiate tennis champion. Playing at Cornell, for the William A. Larned trophy, he defeated C.B. Marsh of Williams in a gruelling four-set final match. The scores were...
...singles match with Marsh, the University captain, after losing the first set, rallied and through superior court generalship and greater stamina gradually wore his opponent out and captured the remaining three sets of the match...
...championship billiard match is the most trying of all competitions," said Willie Hoppe, world champion bil-Hard player, who again retained his title last week in a match with Walter Cochran. When interviewed yesterday by a Crimson reporter in his suite at the Elks' Hotel...
...From the beginning to the end of a title match", said Hoppe, "I am at a nervous tension. Afterward I am a wreck. Of course, this is partly due to, the necessity of playing in a room kept at 80 degrees temperature because bil-Hard balls are most resilient at this temperature. In fact, the opening of a door, which allows a cold gust of air to enter the room, causes an immediate deadening of the balls. Another thing which shows the peculiarly delicate character of the ivories is their comparative life in high or low ceilinged rooms...