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Tuesday afternoon, on the grounds of the Longwood Cricket Club, Sears and Dwight beat Pettitt and Mansfield three straight sets with scores...
...great number of men went over to Longwood to see the game between Sears and Pettitt...
Sears, the amateur champion of the world, defeated Pettitt, the professional champion of the world, at Longwood yesterday afternoon, by a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. The afternoon was perfect, although cool, and both men seemed to be in good trim. The exhibition was fully up to the high expectations of the spectators. Play after play of wonderful dexterity followed in quick succession, drawing out rounds of applause. The playing was not so close as most of these championship games have been, the score in the vantage set at the last not running higher than...
Sears won four games in the first set to Pettitt's one; the latter then picked up and won the set. At the end of the second, Pettitt went to pieces. The third and fourth sets were the most interesting; both men had warmed up to work by this time. Some beautiful blocks were made on both sides. Pettitt showed himself particularly strong at the net. His difficult returns from the back line were very pretty, and well deserved the applause they won. Sears' playing was steady throughout, and he scored many points by his admirable driving along the side...
...Manchester, England, Recently, a tennis match was played between Heathcote, the English amateur champion and Thomas Pettitt, the American champion, with the following result: First set, Heathcote, six games to four. Second set. Pettitt six games to three. Third set, Pettitt six games to none. Fourth set, Pettitt, six games to two; thus the American champion was the victor by three sets...