Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty First Year - Number 47
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 1931
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SAME PLAYERS MEET THIRD
TIME in CITY TOURNAMENT
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Both Credited With Consistent Tennis
in Winning Place in
Finals.
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       For third time, Leroy Newman and Ernest Maxwell were slated to meet each other at five o'clock this afternoon in a Marlin city tennis tournament, both having progressed thus far in two similar events of other years.  Newman had been victor in preceding tournaments, but the clash today was expected to be a hard fought one for both players have played consistent tennis in reaching the finals.
       In semi-finals Wednesday, Newman, defending champion, won over Cecil King by scores of 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, while Maxwell was victor over Dr. Howard Smith, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, leaving the winners in the running for the city singles championship.

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