Word: net
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...started tentatively, the men slowly playing a swifter game. There was much excellent lobbing. Chase usually getting his points by side line plays. Hoppin got most of his points by steady playing and a few good places. In this set both men put more balls into the net than out, and there was almost no driving. Hoppin finally won through his steadiness. Score...
...net profits of the Yale-Princeton game amounted...
...would not be uninteresting to trace briefly the history of these organizations with reference to the two chief arguments that are brought against the action of the faculty, namely that the freshman clubs furnish a large part of the material for the 'varsity clubs, and that they always net a good contribution for the benefit of the freshman crews...
Chicago University has recently received a bequest of $250,000 from Mrs. Joseph Reynolds, in compliance with the wishes of her late husband. It is also reported that the estate of William B. Ogden will net $500,000 to the university, as his heirs are practically united in designating the university as the best beneficiary of the still undistributed sum left by him for philanthropic purposes...
Hoppin started out well by winning the first set, but in the next he went to pieces and repeatedly drove the balls into the net and outside. However he took a brace after the third set and by good playing won the next two sets and the match...