Word: upset
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeat of L. H. Bondi '25 by L. O. Pratt '26 was the main upset of the tournament. Bondi, who is a seeded player, was a member of the University tennis team two years ago. Pratt's brilliant net play was largely responsible for his easy victory 6-2, 6-3. Bondi is the first seeded player who has been defeated...
...advanced to the fourth round by defeating G.B. Manning '26 6-1, 6-3 D. S. Babbitt '26 defeated Clark Hodder '25, the University golf captain, 6-3, 0-1. T. E. Jansen Jr. '26 lost to G.K. Lake '26 6-4, 6-2. The only other other upset of the torunamone came when T.O. Kingsbury '27 defeated Stephen Thompson 2nd '27 9-7, 4-6, 6-3. The result of this match was a surprise for Thompson played numnumber three on the feshman team last year, whereas Kingsbury was number eight of the squade. The semi-finals are scheduled...
...defeat of Parke Cummings '25 yesterday, one of the eight seeded men in the University tennis tournament, by J. F. Whitbeck '27, former interscholastic champion, was the first startling upset of the tournament. The match was harder contested than the score of 6-3, 6-4 indicates, Cummings drawing out almost every game to deuce...
Critics disagreed over the performance of O. P. Heggie as Minick. Some said he caught completely the blithe spirit of the old man who upset the household by staying too long in the bathroom mornings. Others averred that he "photographed" the character instead of painting it with the sure stroke of a creator. Phyllis Povah, on the other hand, was credited with the most distinguished work of her not undistinguished career. The rest of the cast, the atmosphere and the direction were judged satisfactory...
...standing upset marked the first round of the University Tennis Tournament which was played off yesterday on the Jarvis Field Courts. All of the eight seeded players won their matches with little difficulty, excepting Parke Cummings '25 who dropped a set to E. M. Upjohn '25, defeating...