Word: poore
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Only three matches were played yesterday in the tennis tournament, and the playing was for the most part extremely poor. Whitman had no difficulty in defeating Coues in two straight sets. Coues played a good game but was clearly outclassed...
...College Nine played Exeter Academy yesterday afternoon in a game which at first looked almost one-sided. At the end of the sixth inning the score was 12 to 1 in Harvard's favor, but after that, through inexcusably poor playing by Harvard, the Academy nine made eight runs...
...superior in the field, and at the bat the Seniors were entirely outclassed. Harris was very wild for the first inning, but after that he settled down and allowed the Seniors only two scattered hits. Ames also pitched a good game, but his support in the field was very poor, as many of Ninety-seven's runs were made after the men had got to first on what should have been easy outs. Scott caught an excellent game for the Juniors and his throwing to bases was especially good. Garrison played a very good game, and Abbott in left field...
...Selection, "Poor Jonathan," Millocker...
...matches in the first round of the tennis tournament were finished yesterday, but little good tennis was played. Very few of the men are in practice at this time of the year, and this accounts for the poor playing. Whitman and Thomas have been playing very well and stand a good chance of reaching the finals. Whitman's match with Chauncey was much closer than the score shows. Chauncey played a very pretty game, which would improve much with more practice. The following are the summaries of yesterday's play...