Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fall tennis singles tournament has now progressed to the semi-finals in the lower half. Leighton Brewer 3G who was seeded number two has reached the semi-finals in that division. He will meet the winner of the match between J. H. Appleton '29 and R. A. Gilman '31 to see who gains the final round...
...feature singles match which will be played in the near future will be between G. H. Perkins 3S.A. who last year won the fall tennis tournament by defeating R. H. Whitbeck '29 in straight sets, and Frank Donovan, a graduate of Notre Dame and now a student in the Graduate Schools. The winner of this bracket will enter the semi-finals in the upper half...
...three days running, last year's woman champion; Miriam Burns Tyson, went out in the first round; Marion Hollins and Dorothy Campbell Kurd stayed for the third round. A mob of female golfers failed to qualify and spent the ensuing days of the Women's National Championship Tournament waddling around the course at Hot Springs, Va., patrolling the gallery. This last was composed largely of strangely corpulent old men. There was nothing very exciting about the first days of the Women's National...
Denying reports of imminent nuptials, Professional-Tennis-Player Suzanne Lenglen announced that she had finished her career as a tournament tennis player. Said she: "I shall never play tennis again, either as an amateur or a professional. ... I shall continue to play the game for my amusement...
...could not get and got practically everything he tried for. His returns were never purely defensive. He coaxed Richards, the best volleyer in the world, to the net so that he could win points passing him. This week, at Forest Hills, will be played the U. S. Professional Championship Tournament. Until amateurs gain enough nerve to enter professional tournaments, the winner of this is only unofficially the open champion...