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...intercollegiate tennis tournament yesterday the first round resulted as follows: Sears of Harvard beat Davis of Lehigh 6-5, 6-4; Taylor of Harvard beat Phelps of Amherst 6-2, 6-0; Brinley of Trinity beat Thorne of Yale 6-3, 3-6 6 4; Knapp of Yale beat Moffat of Prmceton; Hamlin of Trinity beat Danielson of Brown 6-5, 6-2 ; Conover of Princeton beat Garfield of Williams 5 6, 6-5, 6-4; Chase of Amherst beat Duryea of Williams 6-3, 6-4. Howe of Lehigh beat Richmond of Brown 6-4, 6-4. The courts...
...tournament at Hartford next week to decide the college championship at tennis will be the best both in point of numbers and the quality of play which the association has ever held. This is the third year of the intercollegiate association, and each year the interest in the sport has spread wider and wider among all the colleges. This year the number of colleges which expect to be represented is eleven, and as many of the best players in the country are still students the playing will not be inferior to the great Newport tournament for the championship...
...place can hardly be doubted; but a tough fight for second third prizes will probably be made by Taylor, Clark, Prinley, Thorne and Knapp. The playing will be done on the grounds of Trinity College, and the visiting players and friends will be the guests of Trinity students. The tournament begins on next Tuesday, the 7th, and not on Wednesday as stated before...
Such an opportunity to see good tennis playing by college men as the array of players in the coming tournament at Hartford presents is a rare one and one which those interested in the game ought not to miss. Harvard should send, not only the best men to the tournament, but also a respectable body of spectators to witness the sport. Here is something in which we are almost certain of winning, if such a result is an argument for going. Then again there is nothing so encouraging to the players engaged as the knowledge that some friends are present...
Entries for the regular fall tennis tournament close Tuesday, October 7, at 6 P. M> Tournament commences Wednesday., October 8. A book has been placed at Bartlett's for entries...