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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first round for the individual championship in the intercollegiate golf tournament was played yesterday morning at the Garden City, L. I., links. Both Yale and Harvard were unfortunate in the drawings because each had two of her representatives meeting in the first round. The play was at eighteen holes match play. Averill, Harvard, defeated Hubbard, Harvard, 79-85, and broke the record for the course by one stroke. Much of Averill's strength lay in his extraordinary putting ability, but his driving was also excellent. At the end of the first nine holes his lead was five...
...play was fast and fairly accurate. Ward took the net as usual and won the first set by sharp volleying and clever placing. In the succeeding sets, Marvin steadied down and from the base line passed Ward frequently. His back-hand stroke was very speedy and his low ground-strokes were effective against Ward's net game...
Harvard's chances for a second victory, which are very good, depend upon Hubbard and Averell. The latter has broken the record of the course with a score of 35, and Hubbard, who won the Newport championship two years ago, is very strong on match play. The first round will be played this morning, the semi-finals in the afternoon, and the final round, which is to be 36 holes, will be played on Saturday...
...Ward '00 and E. R. Marvin sL. will play for the singles championship...
...Rockwell '00 and R. A. Bidwell 1L. will play H. W. Bingham '03 and J. A. Roche '03 in the semi-finals of the doubles...