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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...semi-final singles, Campbell of Columbia had his hands full to defeat Chase of Harvard, in a two-set match of 26 games, Campbell taking 15 and Chase 11 games...
...feature of the day was the final singles between Hovey, of Harvard, and Campbell, of Columbia. In this match Hovey distinguished himself by making a number of seemingly impossible returns of long, high hit balls and by his accurate cross-court smashing. Campbell also did some first-class playing, his side court shots being very cleverly placed. It required five sets and fifty games to decide the match. Of these Hovey won the first, third and fifth sets, taking 25 games, while Campbell captured the second and fourth sets with a total of 25 games to his credit. The afternoon...
...proposed cricket match with St. Paul's school has been given up, owing to a regulation which forbids the school team to play out of town in term time...
...afternoon two very lively matches were played. In the match between Parker of Yale and Hovey of Harvard, the Yale man needed but two points to win, but at that critical moment he went to pieces and Hovey was an easy winner. In the match between Campbell, of Columbia and Tallant of Harvard, both players did some very pretty playing, Campbell taking the first set and Tallant the second. In the third set, when the score stood 3-2 in favor of Campbell, Tallant refused to finish it on account of darkness and the game is to be played...
...minutes' walk from Harvard Square. Formerly the members of the club were obliged to go to Watertown for their shoot, but the land for the present place was obtained, and the new club house built and fitted out last spring by special effort on the part of the club. Matches are shot with Yale every year; Harvard has won two out of the three that have thus far been contested. Other matches with local clubs are arranged throughout the year, besides the regular weekly, monthly and class matches. At the weekly matches first and second prizes of silver cups...