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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exhibition match in tennis between Lee and Tallant, and Tailer and Snow was at length played yesterday, after several postponements. The first set opened with a love game for Lee and Tallant, who were playing better tennis than their opponents, and took the set without much difficulty. Tailer and Snow prevented the set from being love, but that was all. In the next set they made a strong rally, and kept the lead until the games were four all, but lost the next two and the set. The last set went to Lee and Tallant with the same score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis. | 6/1/1888 | See Source »

...general disturbances resulting from a victory, if the students will pledge themselves to restrain their ardor in the celebrations, the faculty will let the matter drop. In order to insure the continuance of all intercollegiate games, the students have themselves taken the proposition in hand and have set about organizing a special college police force, to do duty in the yard when any celebration is in progress. F. Stevenson, the captain of the crew, has been appointed chief of the college police, and he is busily engaged in making preparations to preserve order when another victory comes along. There...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Action of the Yale Students on the Faculty Resolutions About Intercollegiate Sports. | 5/31/1888 | See Source »

Solomon Sleeper Camp, No. 56, S. O, V., Dept. of Mass., Theodore Prentice, commander, was on Friday evening presented with a handsome flag by Mr. Sleeper, after whom the camp is named, and also with a set of guidons, by the Ladies' Relief Corps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/28/1888 | See Source »

...average Harvard man is a self-contained and well-behaved individual; and, let me add, in case this should catch the eye of one of your exchanges, that the actions of these particular sophomores are a marked exception. What right have I to take my neighbors to task, to set myself up as a censor of public conduct? I am simply assuming the right of a Harvard man to express himself freely upon a matter which concerns the good name of his alma mater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 5/26/1888 | See Source »

...exhibition match between Q. A. Shaw, winner of the spring tournament, and P. S. Sears, champion in singles, was played yesterday afternoon on the Beck Hall courts. The interest of the tournament was centred in this match, and many spectators applauded the good play of the contestants. The first set went to Sears-6-1. Shaw played more strongly and won the second set -6-3. Sears won the third-6-4-and the fourth-6-3. The returns were swift and well placed, neither player daring to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Tournament. | 5/26/1888 | See Source »

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