Word: wards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Marvin 1L successfully defended his title of University tennis champion yesterday afternoon by defeating H. Ward '00, in four sets by the score of 6-8, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. This is the fourth year Marvin has held the championship in singles, and last year he defeated Ward who was then challenger in the same number of sets as in yesterday's match...
...play was fast and fairly accurate. Ward took the net as usual and won the first set by sharp volleying and clever placing. In the succeeding sets, Marvin steadied down and from the base line passed Ward frequently. His back-hand stroke was very speedy and his low ground-strokes were effective against Ward's net game...
...Ward '00 and E. R. Marvin sL. will play for the singles championship...
...Ward found out early in the match that he was unable to pass Roche by straight return-strokes as the latter covered the court with ease, without using any back-hand strokes. To offset this difficulty, he pursued from the outset the policy of steady accurate lobbing, thus forcing Roche to smash. Most of his returns passed Ward along the side lines, but owing to the difficulty of playing a steady smashing game accurately, many of them went outside...
...championship match between H. Ward and E. R. Marvin will be played on Friday afternoon...