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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Democratic Testimony. The week previous, the Committee had taken Republican and Third Party testimony. To round out its survey, the Committee, last week, heard the testimony of Clem L. Shaver, Chairman, and James W. Gerard, Treasurer, of the Democratic National Committee. These gentlemen averred that their total budget added into the neighborhood of $750,000 of which $549,000 had been contributed by some 4,000 persons...
...first player in the Union tournament to reach the final round is G. H. Perkins '26, who defeated A. R. Allen '26 in the semi-final round yesterday, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Perkins' steady playing, featured by lightning like line smashes, finally conquered Allen in spite of his many scintillating rallies and accurate placements...
...Union tennis tournament, which has already been marked by many strange vicissitudes, brought forth still another surprise yesterday when Debevoise, seeded sixth, defeated Gordon, the third player seeded, in three sets, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. This places Debevoise in the semi-final round in the upper half of the draw with Cummings, while in the lower half, Allen and Perkins remain...
...doubles, Debevoise also advanced to the final round with his partner, Dixon, defeating Bandler and Babbitt, 6-3, 6-1, in a listless match that called forth very little brilliant tennis. In the only other encounter of the afternoon, Cummings and Perkins easily defeated Collier and Pratt...
...seeded players are advancing to their chosen places, much as the tennis enthusiasts expected. The only serious upset occurred when L. H. Bondi '25, was defeated by L. O. Pratt '26 last week. The other seeded players won their matches easily yesterday. The advanced players are now within a round of the semi-finals, and it is expected that the end of the Tournament will be reached this week...