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...organized the Dudley Observatory in Albany. Under the auspices of the Argentine Republic and at the sacrifice of all personal comforts and considerations, he founded at Cordova a splendidly equipped observatory. He had also thrown a light upon the climatic conditions of South America, and established a net work of meteorological stations extending on one side from the tropics to Terra del Fuego, and on the other side from the Andes to the Atlantic...
...doubles for the college championship was played off before a large audience. Holt and Ward, winners of the fall tournament, beat Ware and Scudder, last year's champions, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4. Holt and Ward won the first two sets by better net playing, the '99 pair being decidedly out of form. In the next two, however, matters were reversed. Holt and Ward could do nothing against their opponents' sharp volleys, and secured only four games...
...semi-finals in doubles Holt and Ward beat Shaw and Marvin in straight sets chiefly through Ward's fine work at the net and Shaw and Marvin's poor lobbing...
...best match played yesterday in the singles was that between R. F. Parke '98 and H. C. Whitfield '99, the former winning 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. At the start Whitfield played all around his man, passing him repeatedly at the net and serving and driving with force and accuracy; but, after winning the first set, his play weakened decidedly and Parke won the second and third sets rather easily...
...steadier of the two and finally winning 9-7, after Foster had three times been within a point of the set. In the second and third sets Foster improved wonderfully, driving down the side lines and across court with great speed and accuracy. This, added to Holt's unsteady net play and weak forehand strokes, gave Foster the match...