Word: netted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first set was won by the Larneds owing to their superior team play and accurate placing, but Bishop and Lyon soon braced up and by brilliant net play and hard smashing pulled out the next three sets and the match. Lyon was very effective and his overhead smashes and hard ground strokes gained many points. The Larneds lost much of their speed and control in the latter part of the match and their defeat is due largely to this fact...
...Lyon 2L., in three straight sets 6-0, 6-1, 6-4. Warland played a steady swift game, while Lyon's playing was below its usual standard, thereby making the match very uneven throughout. By hard, accurate volleying to the side lines, Warland continually passed Lyon both at the net and in the back court; Warland's service, too, was very effective, and frequently scored aces on Lyon's drives into the net...
...finals between Warland and Blagden were exceedingly hard fought throughout, both men playing swift, brilliant games. Although Blagden often won on his swift service and hard drives from the back court, Warland was generally steadier and superior at the net. After the first set, in which both players were somewhat erratic. Blagden settled down and easily won the second, 6-2. Warland then quickly took the third set at 6-2. In the fourth set, which was by far the hardest, the playing was excellent on both sides, but Blagden by forcing the game with the score 3-1 against...
...Henry Wadsworth Longfellow," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. American Men of Letters Series. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, $1.10 net...
...match between Leonard and Bishop was closely played throughout and was won only by Leonard's steadiness and superior net playing. In the match with Warland, Clothier won by his usual accuracy and steadiness. In the finals of the singles, Clothier defeated Leonard, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The match was close and well played, although Clothier was slightly handicapped by an ankle which he wrenched early in the afternoon...