Word: set
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...completion of the final match in the University tennis singles tournament between E. T. Dana 1G. and A. Sweetser '11 was again prevented by darkness. Sweetser had won two sets, Dana one, and the last set stood at seven all when the match was stopped...
...thoroughly Irish in other ways. He stood against the measure to abolish the Irish Parliament which was passed only by the worst kind of bribery. The abolition of the Parliament injured the landlord by sending him to London, where he tried to live up to the scale set by the English aristocracy, and in a few years ran into debt beyond recovery. The tenant supplied all the capital while the landlord merely held the position of rent-taker and did nothing in return. Because of this system there arose an insane competition to get land. The tenant offered more than...
...fourth set in the final round for the University singles tennis championship between E. T. Dana 1G. and A. Sweetser '11, yesterday, the match was called off on account of darkness. At the time each had won two sets...
Instead of playing only a deciding set, the whole match will be played over again, probably tomorrow afternoon...
...Gardner, Jr., '10, captain of the University tennis team, in the fifth round, and J. Wheelwright '10, who won from A. S. Dabney '11, in the semi-final round. Sweetser has made a comparatively easy advance in the tournament so far, only one match requiring a third set. The match this afternoon will be for the best three out of five sets...