Word: twisted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when we twist that Bulldog's tail...
...MacVeagh, of Exeter, won the twentieth annual Harvard interscholastic tennis championship yesterday afternoon at Jarvis Field by defeating G. C. Caner, of St. Mark's, 9-7, 6-2, 6-4. The winner played a very severe, fast game, using an unusually well placed, high-bounding twist service and forcing the play at all times. Caner, though placing beautifully and playing in form very similar to Clothier's, gave MacVeagh many chances to rush the point and was not sufficiently aggressive. After MacVeagh had overcome a lead of 5-4 and 40-15 against him in the first...
...losing but 16 games in six matches. Against Seaver, as against all his other opponents, he played almost faultless tennis and was not in the least pushed to win. His serve, falling deep in first one corner of the court and then the other, and with a high-bouncing twist, proved almost impossible for Seaver to handle, while his net game was brilliantly sharp and severe. From the back-court he played with a remarkable combination of speed and accuracy, making almost no errors. When in College, Niles was captain of the University team in 1909, University champion and first...