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...finals in singles between Tallant and Lee were played off yesterday afternoon. Tallant won 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, thus winning the championship of the college. The game was won by Tallant's good returns of Lee's lobbing. Lee played on the back line and lobbed into Tallant's hands continually. This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both...
...semi-finals round in doubles Wrenn and Lockett beat Wildes and Kingsley 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Wildes and Kingsley played very cautiously in the second set and did not recover in the third until the score was 5-2, against them. With the score 5 all in the eleventh game some very good plays were made, but after four deuces, a poor play of Kingsley's lost the game...
...class championship foot ball games will begin Tuesday afternoon when the senior and junior teams will play...
Hale and Stetson played a close match with Kingsley and Wildes. In the first set the score stood 5-3, vantage in Kingsley and Wildes' favor, but Hale by a brilliant play made the score deuce and finally won the game. The set, however, went to Kingsley and Wildes, 8-6. In the second set Kings ley and Wildes had the sun on their backs and won easily...
CORNELL SCORED AGAINST YALE.In a game between Yale and Cornell, played at New Haven, Wednesday, Cornell succeeded in scoring against Yale. In the first half, Yale played a strong game and made seven touchdowns, scoring 34 points, and in the first part of the second half they made four touchdowns, with a score of 22 points. In the latter part of the half, however, Yale played poorly and Cornell by good rush line play, and hard work by the backs secured a touchdown from which a goal was kicked. Final score 56 to 6. The Cornell men were almost wild...