The singles in the tennis tournament for the University championship commenced yesterday. The play resulted as follows:

Preliminary round.--C. J. North '14 defeated C. T. Patterson, Jr., '16, 6-3, 6-4; F. T. Nelson 3L. defeated T. K. Meloy '15, 6-0, 6-0; W. Franzen '14 defeated R. Taggart, Jr., '13, 8-10, 6-3, 6-0; R. L. Whitman '14 defeated H. C. Nash '16, 6-2, 6-0; W. L. Myers '14 defeated W. B. Nichols '16 by default; C. P. Howard 2L. defeated N. M. Zinderstein '15, 6-3, 6-3; A. S. Peabody '16 defeated E. W. Petterson by default; P. D. Wesson 2L. defeated D. M. Beers '15, 13-15, 6-4, 6-3; R. Jackson '16 defeated R. W. Stevenson, Jr., '14 by default; F. M. Estes '16 defeated W. Faulkner '14 by default; W. P. Hunt '16 defeated C. A. Herter, 2nd, '15, 6-3, 6-2; D., Kimball '15 defeated J. F. Parsons 1L., 6-1, 6-4; T. S. Ford '13 defeated P. R. Mechem '15 by default; A. J. Lowrey '13 defeated R. Stiles '16, 6-2, 6-2; S. McKean '13 defeated H. F. Moncrieff '15 by default; D. Geer, Jr., 1L. defeated M. H. Phillips '15, 6-0, 6-1; G. B. Kayser '14, defeated S. E. Guild, 6-1, 6-1; R. M. Gardiner 3L. defeated B. H. Nolenberg '14, 6-0, 6-2; E. Burroughs 2L. defeated L. S. Gannett '13 by default; E. Streeter '14 and J. L. Kimberly '16 defaulted; W. A. Hofer '15 defeated H. S. Morse '16, 6-1, 6-1.

First round.--F. C. Bryant '14 defeated J. Morningstar, Jr., 2L., 8-6, 6-3; K. C. Parker '14 defeated G. E. Stephenson 3L., 4-6, 8-6, 6-0; E. W. Brewer, Jr., '14 defeated K. P. Bond '16, 6-0, 6-0; H. B. Brown 1G. defeated M. E. Wilde '15 by default; R. A. Newman '14 defeated E. Dodd '14, 6-4, 7-9, 9-7; J. C. Faulkner, Jr., '13 defeated N. Whittier '16 by default; G. T. Winslow '14 defeated H. P. Briggs '15 by default; N. E. Paine, Jr., '13 defeated S. Fairbanks '13, 6-3, 6-3; G. M. Gates '15 defeated J. H. C. Penhallow '16, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; W. A. O'Shea '15 defeated H. A. Lawton '14 by default; P. Lowry '16 defeated W. W. Cook '16, 6-0, 6-1; C. F. Farrington '16 defeated T. R. Pennypacker '16, 6-1, 6-1; E. H. Woods '14 defeated J. A. Howe '14 by default; E. M. Guild '16 defeated E. P. Warner '16 by default; D. B. Buffum '14 defeated J. M. Sands '13 by default; S. Minot '13 defeated W. W. Leonhauser '13, 6-0, 6-1; E. R. Hastings '14 defeated J. M. Holcombe, Jr., 2L., 9-7, 7-5; J. Dwight Uc. defeated L. Clarke '16, 8-6, 6-4; S. V. Guemaraes '16 defeated D. L. Brown 1G.B., 6-4, 6-2; W. M. Washburn '15 defeated R. H. Kettell '14, 6-1, 6-2; J. S. Pfaffman '16 defeated W. W. Whitney '16, 6-3, 6-1; T. Dean '16 defeated E. P. Coleman, Jr., '14, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; H. S. McKee '13 defeated H. Swift '15, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; E. H. Heminway '15 defeated S. J. Ranch 1L., 6-1, 6-2; E. A. Manning '16 defeated W. Campbell '16, 7-5, 8-6; M. B. Auten 1G.B. defeated P. Winsor '15 by default; A. M. Reed '16 defeated C. D. McDuffie '16 by default; C. P. Howard 2L. defeated W. L. Myers '14, 6-3, 6-2; R. Jackson '16 defeated F. M. Estes '16, 6-0, 6-2, D. Kimball '15 defeated W. P. Hunt '16, 6-3, 6-0; A. J. Lowrey '13 de- feated T. S. Ford '13, 6-2, 6-0; W. A. Hofer '15 won by default; S. McKean '13 defeated D. Geer, Jr., 1L., 6-2, 6-1; G. B. Kayser '14 defeated R. M. Gardiner 3L., 6-1, 6-4; G. Sturgis '13 defeated E. Burroughs 2L., 7-5, 7-5; E. G. Fischer 1L. defeated B. H. Handy '13, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; H. T. Moore 2G. defeated R. F. Babcock '16, 6-0, 6-0; J. J. Armstrong '14 defeated W. B. Kahn '16, 6-2, 6-1; O. Williams '14 defeated T. B. Lewis '13, 6-2, 6-0; H. Goodspeed '16 defeated C. D. Amos 2L., 6-0, 7-5; F. Clark, Jr., 1L. defeated L. P. Mansfield '16, 6-2, 6-1; A. J. Kirwan '16 defeated P. D. Carsten '14, 6-8, 6-3, 6-1; P. Roberts 2L. defeated H. R. Clapp '16, 6-2, 6-1; H. L. Clark, Asst. defeated H. H. Williams '13, 6-1, 6-4; R. W. Gilmore 2L. defeated C. H. Peasley G.S., 6-1, 6-3; J. E. Hoskins '16 defeated R. N. Williams, Jr., '16 by default; W. S. Howe '13 defeated J. W. Casey '16, 6-2, 6-4; H. D. Minot '13 defeated L. A. P. Stone '16, 6-4, 6-2; H. Holmes '16 defeated S. C. Pepper '13, 6-2, 6-4; F. P. Magoun, Jr., '16 defeated R. Morris '13 by default; E. S. Draper, Jr., '15 defeated D. W. King '16, 6-0, 6-0; H. G. Smith '13 defeated E. S. Handy, 3rd, '15, 6-1, 6-2; E. K. Hale '14 defeated W. F. Enwright '16 by default; R. G. Vickery '13 defeated J. F. Hubbard '14, 6-1, 6-1; F. Wiel, Jr., 1G.B. defeated W. F. Stiles, Jr., '13, 6-4, 6-2; F. Van S. Hyde '16 defeated D. G. Watts '15, 6-2, 6-1; J. Wooldredge '16 defeated L. Wade 2nd, '14, 6-1, 6-1; A. Baltzley 1G. defeated J. T. Lanman '15, 6-0, 6-0; J. F. Brown '14 defeated E. C. Knowlton 1G., 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; G. M. Rushmore '13 defeated H. S. Murray '13, 6-3, 6-0.

Second round.--E. H. Woods '14 defeated E. M. Guild '16, 6-3, 6-4; R. G. Vickery '13 defeated E. K. Hale, 6-2, 6-3.

Contestants are requested to note the following regulations: In all but the final and semi-final rounds, balls must be furnished by the contestants. Matches will be defaulted if not played on schedule; winners must record their scores before 6 o'clock of each day's play on the score-card at the field. Below is the schedule of today's matches:

First round.--On Jarvis Field at 2 o'clock: C. J. North '14 vs. F. T. Nelson 3L.; W. Franzen '14 vs. R. L. Whitman '14; A. S. Peabody '16 vs. P. D. Wesson.

Second round.--On Jarvis Field at 2 o'clock: F. C. Bryant '14 vs. K. C. Parker '14; E. W. Brewer, Jr., '14 vs. H. B. Brown 1G.; R. A. Newman '14 vs. J. C. Faulkner, Jr., '13; G. T. Winslow '14 vs. N. E. Paine, Jr., '13; G. M. Gates '15 vs. W. A. O'Shea '15; P. Lowry '16 vs. C. F. Farrington '16; D. B. Buffum '14 vs. S. Minot '13; E. R. Hastings '14 vs. J. Dwight Uc.; S. V. Guemaraes '16 vs. W. M. Washburn '15; J. S. Pfaffman '162vs. T. Dean '16; H. S. McKee vs. E. H. Heminway '15; E. A. Manning '16 vs. M. B. Auten 1G.B.; W. A. Hofer '15 vs. S. McKean '13; H. T. Moore 2G. vs. J. J. Armstrong '14; O. Williams '14 vs. H. Goodspeed '16; F. Clark, Jr., 1L. vs. A. Kirwan '16; P. Roberts 2L. vs. H. L. Clark, Asst.; R. W. Gilmore 2L. vs. J. E. Hoskins '16; W. S. Howe '13 vs. H. D. Minot '13; H. Holmes '16 vs. F. P. Magoun, Jr., '16; E. S. Draper, Jr., '15 vs. H. G. Smith '13; F. Wiel, Jr., 1G.B. vs. F. Van S. Hyde '16; J. Wooldredge '16 vs. A. Baltzly 1G.; J. F. Brown '14 vs. G. M. Rushmore '13.

Second round.--On Jarvis Field at 3.30 o'clock: A. M. Reed '16 vs. winner of North-Nelson: C. P. Howard 2L. vs. winner of Franzen-Whitman: R. Jackson '16 vs. winner of Peabody-Wesson.

On Jarvis Field at 4 o'clock: G. B. Kayser '14 vs. G. Sturgis '13