Word: winner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first round. This is done by drawing a certain number to play and giving the rest byes, so that when the round is over the number remaining in is a power of two, which always leaves an even number at the end of each round until the winner stands alone...
SECOND ROUND.A Winner of 7 vs. winner...
...Winner of 5 vs. winner...
...Tennis Association it was decided to place today a book at Bartlett's for entries in the annual championship tournament of the University. Entrance fees, in singles, $1.00; pairs, $1.50. The tournament will commence on Wednesday next Entries close on Tuesday evening. Rackets will be given to the winners of singles and doubles, and the winner of the singles will play Presbrey '85 for the championship of the college. No persons will be allowed to play on the college courts or in the tournament unless a member of the association...
...last mile was one continuous spurt on Columbia's part to make up the lost distance, but though the effort was nobly sustained it was ineffectual, and our crew came over the line winner by a length, pulling 37 strokes to Columbia's 40. The time was. Harvard, 24m. 21s.; Columbia, 24m. 39s. The officials of the race were as follows: Referee, L. K. Hull, of Yale. Judges: For Columbia, Jasper Goodwin, G. C. Dempsey; for Harvard, R. C. Watson, A. Keith. Timekeepers, A. C. Cornell, A. T. French...