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...combat, when once begun, was marked by a commendable willingness on each side to cease hostilities. On the whole we think the participants in this rush deserve the thanks of the college. They treated us to the spectacle of a hundred men reluctantly fighting with one another in a contest in which each party was ashamed of its cause, and by this exhibition they have effectually killed off the last of the juvenile customs which remain to us from the old provincial Harvard...
First, and in a class distinctively above all others, we must of course place the champion, W. Renshaw, who has not known defeat since he first won the proud title four years ago. True his single matches are few and far between, as he contents himself with the one contest annually, necessary to enable him to retain his position as champion, but his play on that occasion at Wimbledon last July, and in the double matches and exhibition games that he has taken part in, have shown beyond doubt that he is facile princeps at the pastime. It would certainly...
...consistent in our views, whatever we derogate in others, cannot be encouraged among ourselves even at intervals of four years. Of course, there will be the usual objection of conservatives who never desert a custom without protest. We must bear in mind, however, that the animosity necessary for a contest between the two lower classes no longer exists; generous rivalry has taken its place. Why, then keep up the form of a rush, if the spirit is gone? If a branch of a tree is dead, we lop it off. For the same reason, a rush for which none...
...scores made in the tennis tournament which have been given before as they were played. The tournament, despite the lax method in which it was conducted has been moderately successful. The number of players engaged was large and some of the play excellent. Unfortunately, Mr. Taylor was unable to contest on account of the accident which he met with at Hartford. Before another tournament is held we all hope that the number and quality of the courts will be better...
...following extracts from a private letter from a Princeton man will be of interest to all interested in the outcome of the championship contest...