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TENNIS TEAM DEFEATED

Yale Won Doubles Championship.--Dewhurst and Leroy Left in Singles

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Haverford, Pa., Oct. 6.--In the intercollegiate tennis tournament today, the Harvard players were defeated in both the singles and doubles. B. S. Prentice '05, was defeated in the semi-final round of the singles by E. B. Dewhurst of Pennsylvania 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Prentice clearly outplayed his opponent in the first set, but Dewhurst took the next two sets and the match by steady and careful playing. In the final round of the doubles, K. Behr and G. Bodman of Yale defeated J. I. B. Larned '05 and F. J. Sulloway '05 in a hard, five-set match, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 8-6. In the first set Larned and Sulloway won the first game. Behr and Bodman took the next three games and the set, 6-4. Larned and Sulloway won the next two sets easily. By steady playing Behr and Bodman took the fourth set, 6-4. Larned and Sulloway obtained a lead of 5-2 in the fifth set, but Behr and Bodman again steadied their play and won the deciding set, 8-6.

E. B. Dewhurst of Pennsylvania will play R. Leroy of Columbia tomorrow for the intercollegiate singles championship.

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