Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hale and Stetson played a close match with Kingsley and Wildes. In the first set the score stood 5-3, vantage in Kingsley and Wildes' favor, but Hale by a brilliant play made the score deuce and finally won the game. The set, however, went to Kingsley and Wildes, 8-6. In the second set Kings ley and Wildes had the sun on their backs and won easily...
...good Lawford strokes won the next four games. The score now stood 5-4 in Lee's favor. The next game and the set and match then went to Lee. Jennings defeated Manchester in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, Jennings' steady playing proving superior to Manchester's brilliant, but erratic game...
...Phillips Exeter Academy team defeated Technology at Exeter by a score of fourteen to nothing. The game was well fought and characterized by many brilliant plays. Exeter showed great improvement...
...features of the tournament yesterday were the final singles between Huntington and Hurd of Yale, and in the doubles the matches between Huntington Brothers of Yale and Stevens and Post of Columbia. These matches were well contested but the playing not of the highest merit and there were few brilliant rallies. The summary of the games is as follows...
...married only a little over a week ago, and it was on their wedding journey that he and his wife met their death. During his course here Mr. Manning was prommently identified with the intellectual and athletic life of the college He was considered one of the most brilliant men in his class, and his standing especially in the classics was more than excellent. He was a member of the university football team and during his senior year was its captain. Since his graduation Mr. Manning has been engaged in business interests as the manager of the estate...