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NEW HAVEN, CONN., Oct. 9, 1896.- M. D. Whitman of Harvard defeated Driscoll of Georgetown University in three straight sets this afternoon, thereby winning the championship of the fifteen annual intercollegiate tournaments, and gaining for Harvard the permanent possession of the five hundred dollar Trophy Cup that has been contested for for the past fifteen years.
The Yale men had some hopes for another trial next year, should Driscoll defeat Whitman; but the Georgetown player, who took the lead at the start, fell off after winning two games, as he was plainly out of form and did not play with the same skill that signalized his game against Ware yesterday.
Whitman seems to have solved Driscoll's peculiar cross-court strokes, but at no time except at the start did the latter play winning tennis.
The doubles will be decided tomorrow, when the two Harvard teams meet to decide which is the better. Harvard is assured of the two inscriptions which were necessary to win the cup.
Summary:
Whitman of Harvard, defeated Driscoll of Georgetown 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
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