Word: hartfords
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...desired end has not been reached. Some fruiting blows have recently been dealt to the tennis interest ; the severest being the reduction in the number of available courts caused by the construction of the new track and diamond on Holmes field. The defeat too of our representatives at Hartford cannot fail to produce a depressing effect. If, then, this sport, on which so many undergraduates depend for the principal means of exercise, is to be maintained in our midst, every facility for its pursuit must be afforded. We therefore invite the tennis men to offer, through our columns their suggestions...
...tennis courts at Hartford are said to be in rather poor condition...
...Yale ; vice president, A. A. Hatch of Trinity ; secretary and treasurer, R. T. H. Halsey of Princeton. In future three single players and two pairs will be allowed from each college. The ball nsed will be the same one as at Newport in that year. The courts at Hartford will probably not be used again, as they are wretched. Tuesday afternoon on the arrival of our team there was a disagreement. After playing a short time on the courts Sears wished to scratch the Harvard entries, but Taylor seemed to wish to play in spite of the ground. They then...
...result of the tennis tournament at Hartford has been received by the college with great surprise. If there was one thing which Harvard seemed reasonably sure of winning, that one thing was the intercollegiate tennis tournament. To be defeated in that is disappointing, but doubly so when we realize that it is the old story over again, "defeated by Yale." To be sure our representatives had very hard luck. The accident which happened to one of our players was unavoidable and might well be termed a good example of Harvard luck. We sincerely hope the accident well not prove serious...
...tennis tournament at Hartford was continued yesterday before an interested audience. The courts, as on the previous day, were in poor condition, not having been used for a year. Columbia, Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania failed to send representatives. The second round in the singles resulted as follows : Sears beat Howe of Lehigh, 6-3, 6-1; Taylor beat Hamlin of Trinity, 6-2, 6-5; Brinley of Trinity beat Chase of Amherst, 6-4, 6-4; Knapp of Yale beat Conover of Princeton, 6-2, 6-1. In the third round Knapp beat Sears...