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Only three matches were played yesterday in the tennis tournament, and the playing was for the most part extremely poor. Whitman had no difficulty in defeating Coues in two straight sets. Coues played a good game but was clearly outclassed...
There was an improvement in the playing in the tennis tournament yesterday. There were several close matches. Ingraham and Foster played well, but Ingraham proved too steady for his opponent and won in three sets. The match between Thomas and Scudder was very close and it was doubtful who would win down to the last point. Forbes and McKittrick played pretty well, but both showed a lack of practice...
...matches in the first round of the tennis tournament were finished yesterday, but little good tennis was played. Very few of the men are in practice at this time of the year, and this accounts for the poor playing. Whitman and Thomas have been playing very well and stand a good chance of reaching the finals. Whitman's match with Chauncey was much closer than the score shows. Chauncey played a very pretty game, which would improve much with more practice. The following are the summaries of yesterday's play...
Yesterday afternoon the preliminary round and part of the first round in the tennis tournament were played off on the Jarvis Field courts. None of the matches were particularly close or interesting, as none of the best players drew each other, with the exception of R. C. Thomas '96, and R. T. Parke '98. Their match was rather one sided as Parke did not play the game he did last fall when he won the tournament. The scores were as follows...
...spring tennis tournament begins this afternoon on Jarvis field. All men who can, please be on hand at 2.30. Tennis balls may be obtained from the janitor at the Carey Building. The matches are two out of three vantage sets, except in the finals, when three out of five sets will be played. The drawings are as follows...