Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...third set, Pearson and Nickerson won the first two games. Holding them at the back of the court by lobbing, Brewster and Rolfe were able to take the next two by points scored on the latter's terrific smashes. They then took the lead, on Rolfe's serve, for the first time in the match. The following three games however were taken in rapid succession by Pearson and Nickerson before Rolfe again won his serve. With a score of 40-30 on the next game, Pearson took the last point of the match on a smash at Rolfe's feet...
...Freshman football team will play its second game of the season with Andover this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at Andover. In their first game last Saturday, the Freshmen defeated Groton by the score of 9 to 0. Since then they have been given a week of hard practice, concluding their preparation for the Andover game with a long signal drill yesterday afternoon...
Yesterday on Soldiers Field the second Freshman football team defeated the Noble and Greenough eleven by the score of 16 to 0. The game was one-sided from the start, the Freshmen playing remarkably well. Minot's gains at fullback during the first half, and a spectacular touchdown made by Lawson on Noble's fumble were the features of the game. Davis, Minot, and Hardwick showed up well for the Freshmen, and Toppan, Grant, and De Ford played well for Noble...
...Freshman team made a touchdown in the first few minutes of play, and, though they kept the ball in their opponent's territory during the rest of the half, they failed to score on account of repeated penalties and fumbles. In the second half the Freshmen by occasional spurts managed to score twice again. At no time did the Noble's team show any ability to gain consistently through the Freshmen...
...second, Dana steadied, winning 5 games to Wheelwright's one. Wheelwright then, by some clever work, took the next three games, before Dana was able to win his serve and end the set. In the final set Wheelwright seemed like a winner, with a score of 4-1, but Dana then displaying the best form and the most brilliant tennis of the whole tournament, took the next five games in succession...