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...final round of the fall tournament for the championship of the University in tennis singles will be played on Jarvis Field this afternoon at 2.45 o'clock. The contestants, A. Sweetser '11 and W. B. Fraser-Campbell '11, are both members of the University tennis team, Sweetser being captain...
...championship was won last year by Sweetser, who defeated E. T. Dana 2G. in the final round, while Fraser-Campbell lost in the third round to H. H. Rolfe sL. Fraser-Campbell, however, has shown excellent form this year, defeating E. H. Whitney '14, the semi-finalist at Newport, in the semi-final round. The match this afternoon should be close...
Both teams played a careful game, and there was little to choose between the two, but Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell won out by greater steadiness at critical points in the match...
...second and third sets went to Whitney and Woods, who showed good team play and were very steady at the net, while their opponents made a good many errors. The fourth set showed a reversal of conditions, and Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell were able to pass the other pair several times by hard fore-hand drives down the middle of the court...
...fifth and final set brought out the best tennis of the match. Nearly every set went to deuce and there were several long rallies in which brilliant shots were frequent. The score finally reached five all, when Fraser-Campbell won his service and the vantage game. Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell quickly terminated the match, allowing the losers but two points in the final game...