Word: netted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University doubles championship was won yesterday afternoon by F. F. A. Pearson '11 and H. Nickerson '11, from K. Brewster 2L. and H. H. Rolfe sL., in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. After the first few games, the match developed into a fight for the net...
...average of about 20 cents on every dollar's worth of goods sold and that the average expense involved in the sale of a dollar's worth of goods, including allowances for depreciation, etc., is about 15 cents. The business is therefore conducted on a narrow margin of net profit and a dividend of 8 per cent, would not be possible were it not for the large amount of sales to nonmembers who draw no dividends on their purchases, yet whose patronage contributes to the amount of net profit available for distribution to those purchasers who are members. Sales...
...other semi-final match of the singles, A. Sweetser '11 easily defeated R. W. Morgan '10, passing the latter at the net almost at will...
...finals of the doubles tournament neither of the matches was hotly contested. K. Brewster 2L. and H. H. Rolfe sL. easily defeated M. deS. Verdi 3L. and D. Brannan 3L., 6-2, 6-4. E. R. Brumley 3L. and J. Reynolds 3L. found it impossible to break into the net game of F. F. A. Person '11 and H. Nickerson '11, losing two love sets...
Niles won the first and third sets without much effort, but in the second set Sweetser showed good form and the match was very close. The service of both players was very good, but Niles's play at the net was superior to Sweetser's and his overhead work surer. Sweetser's chief weakness lay in the fact that he neglected to go to the net when an opportunity was offered him, and that he often allowed Niles to get to the net when he might have kept him in the back of the court...