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...Blossom won the Senior championship by defeating E. S. Harrison in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. In the Junior tournament, B. S. Prentices defeated J. I. B. Learned in a very exciting match, 8-6, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Prentice played a steadier game than his opponent and was more effective at the net. J. M. Morse won the Freshman class championship by defeating J. M. Eaton, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Both men played a careful game. Morse winning out by his superior play...
...Holy Cross second team this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Soldiers Field. On May 7 it defeated the Holy Cross team at Worcester by the score of 4 to 1. Since then the Second nine has improved slightly; the batting is still weak, but the fielding is steadier and the base-running faster...
...Larned '05 completed with Yale last spring, whereas R. W. Cole '04 is the only member of last year's Yale team. The University team does well in the singles, but has not played long enough together in the doubles. The Yale team is much steadier than last year, having last Saturday defeated the strong Columbia team, 5 to 4. Harvard won the meet last year by the score 6 matches...
...most closely contested match yesterday was between H. W. Niles, of Boston Latin School, last year's winner of the tournament, and J. F. McDonald, of Browne and Nichols School, last year's runner-up. Niles, however, finally won by steadier playing than his opponent...
...Dresser '04 and P. L. Miller '04, 7-5 making the total score for the final match, 6-4, 8-6, 7-5. The courts were much faster than on Friday when the match was started, and the play was considerably better. Bishop and Lyon, however, were again steadier than their opponents and were much more effective...