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...Jarvis Field, was won by E. P. Pearson 3L. and H. H. Bundy 1L., who defeated A. J. Lowrey '13 and E. T. Dana 3G., in three straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Pearson and Bundy showed better team work than their opponents and used a smashing net game to great advantage. The winners were also steadier and had the match well in hand practically all the time...
...championship of the University in tennis yesterday by defeating C. S. Cutting 12, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. The match was very closely contested, and nearly every game went to deuce. Both men played a steady back-court game, an seldom ran to the net except in the last set, Cutting's back-hand strokes were especially effective, and he passed Gardner repeatedly by accurate placing. Of the two, Gardner was the steadier, and played more aggressively...
Gardner won the first two games in the next set through Cutting's wildness. Thereafter they steadied and forced the games to duce at 5-all. Here Gardner changed his tactics and ran to the net at almost every opportunity, only to be passed time and again by Cutting, who landed several excellent drives close to the side lines...
Cutting became rather erratic in the deciding set, making successive drives into the net. With the score 3-2 in his favor, Gardner forced the play and won the last three games in succession...
Gardner won his match with McKean yesterday, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, by steadier and more aggressive playing, although the latter made a number of brilliant strokes. He proved especially effective at the net and kept McKean continually guessing with his accurate place-shots...