Word: tennised
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In the semi-finals of the University tennis tournament, the only match started yesterday was called on account of darkness. Stanley G. Baskins '35 and John Curtiss 2G, playing for the best three sets out of five, were tied at two sets and five games all.
In the most surprising upset of the University Tennis Tournament, Stanley G. Haskins '35 eliminated Franklin P. Whitbeck '35, yesterday afternoon in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Haskins is a comparative unknown, while Whitbeck was the captain of his Freshman team. This victory for Haskins places him in the...
Long-legged Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr., last year's No. 1 U. S. tennist, last week ended a disastrous year of amateur tennis. Last June, just before he lost his Wimbledon title, Professional William T. Tilden offered him a $100,000 contract if he won. Made dizzy by having...
Last month Tilden dangled the bait again, this time $25,000 down, $25,000 guaranteed profits from "byproducts" (i.e., endorsements). All Vines had to do was join Tilden and Frenchman Henri Cochet on an eight-month playing tour beginning next January with a Vines-Tilden match in Manhattan's...
One of the "byproducts" Pro Vines can endorse is a new string for racquets called Sinu. He and several other players used it in last month's Pacific Southwest Tournament. Made not from catgut (sheep intestine) with which tennis racquets are commonly strung, Sinu is made from calf'...