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Davenport, of Stone's School, won the interscholastic tennis tournament yesterday on Jarvis Field by defeating Sweetser, of the Boston Latin School, 6-4, 6-3, in the semi-final round, and Bothfield, of the Newton High School 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in the final round. As winner of the tournament Davenport is eligible for the national interscholastic tournament to be held at Newport next August...
...fifth round and all but one set of the semi-finals in the interscholastic tennis tournament were played off on Jarvis Field yesterday afternoon. Sweetser, of Boston Latin School, and Davenport, of Stone's School, had each won one set in the semi-finals of the first division when play was called on account of darkness. The deciding set will be played at 9.30 o'clock this morning; and the winner will play Bothfield, of Newton High School, at 10.30 o'clock for the championship...
...preliminary rounds, the matches will be for the best two out of three sets; in the finals, for the best three out of five. Deuce and advantage sets are optional only in the semi-finals and finals. Matches must be played on the day scheduled, or defaulted. If one player is more than 30 minutes late, he will lose by default. All contestants in the tournament have first right to the use of courts...
Since the semi-finals have not as yet been reached, it is impossible to pick the probable winner of the tournament. Volkmann's School leads so far in the contest for the shield to be awarded to the school winning the greatest number of matches, and it will probably carry off the honors. At the close of play on Saturday, the standing of the schools was. Volkmann 14, Newton High 10, Andover 9, Stone's 9, Boston Latin 6, Cambridge Latin 5, Rindge Manual Training 2, Exeter 1, and Dedham High...
...sixteenth annual tournament for the Harvard interscholastic tennis championship in singles will begin on Jarvis Field at 9 o'clock this morning. Owing to the large number of entries, probably only the preliminary round will be played today, leaving the semi-finals and finals for Monday. During the tournament preference in courts will be given to contestants, all of whom must report to N. W. Niles '09 at Jarvis Field at 9 o'clock this morning...