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...whist match Saturday night between the American short suit team and the Harvard team, Harvard was defeated by thirteen tricks. The Harvard team was very much weakened by the fact that owing to the illness of Peck, Miller had to be substituted at the last moment. As Morrill and he had never played together as partners before, their playing was naturally rather erratic. Taking this fact into consideration, the result of the match was, on the whole, very satisfactory, for the American team was a very strong...
...arrangements for the Harvard Yale whist match, which is to be played on Saturday, Masch 28, have been completed. The following men will make up the team which is to go to New Haven: W. T. Denison '96, C. D. Booth 1L., F. C. Thwaits 3L., C. E. Whitmore 2L., F. N. Morrill '97 and J. W. Peck '96; substitutes, J. D. Arnold 3L. and E. W. Ryerson 2M. Mr. James Stone, secretary of the Brooklyn Whist League, will referee the match...
Tonight the same team will play the short suit team of the American Whist Club at the latter's rooms in Boston...
Peck and Morrill yesterday defeated Thwaits and Whitmore in the finals of the whist, tournament by a score of 8 to 6. The winners now play Booth and Dennison for the championship and have already won one game. The pair winning the best three out of five games will win the championship...
...final round of the whist tournament Thwaits and Whitmore and Peck and Morrill are tied for first place, having played three ties and won one game each...