Word: play
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lipman 3L and L. A. de Turenne '21 were the victors in the semi-final round of the singles tournament yesterday, and will, therefore, meet Monday to play the deciding contest. All the matches played yesterday were characterized by hard and fast racquet work with surprisingly few mistakes...
...spectacular match in the doubles was between R. L. Lipman 3L and L. A. de Turenne '21 against G. C. Guild '23 and R. W. Hoskins '23. The Freshman pair surprised the gallery by the splendid fight they put up against their opponents. Only the greater experience and careful play of the veteran players enabled Lipman and de Turenne to win 6--1, 6--4. In the other doubles contests C. Hyams '20 and J. B. Fenno '21 won from R. Weaver '21 and C. E. Dickerson '20 by a score of 6--3, 6--4, while the match between...
...added that it war the aim of the Physical Training Department to develop among undergraduates an interest in those sports that men will be able to play after they leave college. Tennis is foremost among such sports. Mr. Geer hopes that the Athletic Committee will consider favorably the question of making tennis one of the major sports. Director Geer is the fourth prominent advocate of this step. Only recently R. N. Williams, 2nd, '16, said that he favored such a move on the part of the Athletic committee. Williams was captain of the University team in his senior year...
Among the other two-fifths of the Freshman Class, the most popular game this autumn is tennis. On rainy or muddy days these same men play indoor baseball, soccer or lacrosse. Other squads are engaged three times a week in playing handball, basketball and squash, or are receiving instruction in swimming...
...clock this afternoon the University second tea will play Brown's secondary eleven on Soldiers Field. Yesterday the team was put through a light practice, a few of the second string players being sent to scrimmage against the Freshman first team. The line-up: HARVARD, BROWN. Moorehead,l.e. r.e., Riker Lockwood, l.t. r.t, Fuller Peters, l.g. r.g., Nicholls Morrison, c. c., Sprague Stubbs, r.g. l.g., Rubel Richards,r.t. l.t., Ebson Higgines, r.e. l.e., Young Wales, q.b. q.b., Pieri Morris, l.h.b. l.h.b., Oden Parker f.b. f.b., Green...