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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final match of the singles tournament for the College tennis championship will be played by W. M. Washburn '15 and J. J. Armstrong '14 on Holmes Field this afternoon at 2.45 o'clock. This match was originally scheduled for May 28, and three sets played on that day, Washburn winning the first two, 7-5, 6-4, but losing the third, 4-6. The score stood 6-6 in the fourth set when the play had to be discontinued. This last set will be played over again today, Washburn starting the match with a lead of one set over Armstrong...
...first part of General Stevens' address was a tribute to "the patriot dead who in the Great Rebellion so freely gave their lives to their country and to liberty, in a war that meant a great union saved from disruption, free popular government preserved, and a race set free...
...finals to decide the College singles championship W. M. Washburn '15 played J. J. Armstrong '14 yesterday morning. After playing three sets the remainder of the match was called off with the fourth set standing 6 to 6. Washburn won the first two set, 7-5, 6-4 and lost the third, 4-6. The fourth set will be played over, and the match will be finished next Thursday morning...
...phrases he denounced the vicious circle of logic by which the nations defend gigantic navies and armies. "We must strengthen our armaments because others are strengthening theirs" is the argument. European parliaments know that it must stop, and yet they cannot escape from the "vicious treadmill that they have set going" which is "grinding the bones of men." Armament and the taxation it requires weaken Europe like "a great financial vampire sucking the blood of nations...
...Brown of Yale exceeded his reputation by winning the half-mile run in 1m., 54 3-5s., which clips 3 1-5 seconds from the record made by J. P. Adams of Yale in 1899. F. W. Capper '15 set a terrific pace in this race, going the first quarter in 54 2-5 seconds. T. W. Koch '14 went into the lead in the back stretch, but tired and was passed on the turn by Brown. In the home stretch Poucher's sprint took second place from Cappen who had worked forward again after having fallen behind...