Word: yesterday
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...final round of doubles for the University tennis championship was played off yesterday afternoon on Jarvis Field. The weather was very unfavorable for tennis, but in spite of this the spectators were afforded one of the most exciting and closest exhibitions of play seen in the tournament. When Dabney and Gardner tied the score by winning the third and fourth sets, the supposition that Dana and Niles would have a comparatively easy victory was dispelled...
...secret practice for the University football squad continued yesterday afternoon. After the preliminary session which consisted of defensive work against the second team, the first team lined up against the Freshman eleven for a 25-minute scrimmage. The latter was given the ball on the University team's 25-yard line. When the University team had rushed the ball down to the 1-yard line and were about to score, the whole Freshman squad was put in against it, and the ball was lost on downs. The backs and ends played good games, but the line was poor...
...first of the annual interdormitory bumping races was rowed downstream yesterday afternoon, over the one and three-eighths mile course, finishing just beyond the Newell boathouse. The weather conditions could not have been better for rowing, as the river was smooth, it was cool, and the sun was not shining. One bump was made in the first division and two in the second...
...second day's racing will be held this afternoon, the two divisions rowing again at 3.30 and 4 o'clock. The boats which were bumped yesterday will take up their positions in today's race in the rear of the boats which bumped them...
...practice of the University football squad yesterday afternoon consisted of an hour's secret signal practice and a 20-minute scrimmage between the substitutes and the second eleven. The work of the University team will probably be secret during the rest of the week, with occasional open scrimmages. There were a few new formations tried out, and E. Graves, former captain and tackle at West Point, was on hand to coach the guards and tackles. Graves arrived yesterday and will remain for some time...