Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second kind of ticket consists in a sheet of 25 coupons, each marked five cents. The price for play is as follows: Dirt courts for doubles, 10 cents a player, or 2 coupons; singles, 15 cents, or 3 coupons. Grass courts doubles, 20 cents a player, or 4 coupons; singles, 25 cents, or 5 coupons. Twenty-five coupons are sold for $1.00, so that by buying them a player saves 20 per cent. on the cash price. These coupons will be on sale next Monday at the Co-operative store...
President Adams, of Cornell University, and President Hyde, of Bowdoin College, are said to be the only two college presidents who play tennis. It is said that President Hyde is the better player...
...first of the ninth Corning tied the score again, making a run on an error by Hedges, and a base hit by Cummings. Yale then came to the bat for the last time, feeling very confident of victory. McClintock took his base on balls, stole second, took third on player's choice, came home on Parker's base hit, and the game was lost. Crosby played very well for Harvard: Huntington did the best word for Yale. It is useless to deny that the Yale team completely outplayed our men at every point. Yet we might still have...
...failed to reach first. Mason reached first on a safe hit, stole second and third, and came home on a passed ball. Knowlton took his base on balls, and stole second and third., Luce struck out. Slade took his base on balls, and was advanced to second on player's choice-Dean then hit to third, but failed to beat the ball to first, and Knowlton and Slade were left on bases...
...match, and many spectators applauded the good play of the contestants. The first set went to Sears-6-1. Shaw played more strongly and won the second set -6-3. Sears won the third-6-4-and the fourth-6-3. The returns were swift and well placed, neither player daring to come...