Word: tournaments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first player in the Union tournament to reach the final round is G. H. Perkins '26, who defeated A. R. Allen '26 in the semi-final round yesterday, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Perkins' steady playing, featured by lightning like line smashes, finally conquered Allen in spite of his many scintillating rallies and accurate placements...
Perkins will meet the winner of today's match between Parke Cummings '25 and G. D. Debevoise '26 in the finals of the tournament. The last game of the tournament will be played either Sunday or Monday. The winner of the final match will receive the silver cup offered by the Union...
There have been no radical upsets during the progress of the tournament. The seeded players were the only one surviving in the final and semi-final rounds...
...Union tennis tournament, which has already been marked by many strange vicissitudes, brought forth still another surprise yesterday when Debevoise, seeded sixth, defeated Gordon, the third player seeded, in three sets, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. This places Debevoise in the semi-final round in the upper half of the draw with Cummings, while in the lower half, Allen and Perkins remain...
With the tennis season almost at as end, there remain now only five more matches to be played in the Union tournament, which should be rounded up by next Tuesday. But due to the frequent upsets that have taken place this fall, Coach Harry Cowles will undoubtedly be forced to prolong the outdoor season until enough test matches have been played to determine, the indoor squad that will practice at Longwood this winter...