Word: ablest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...credit to the Editors of TIME as "the ablest historians of our day." Future history books will record 1936 as the year of the exploits of one Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson...
...decision will single out the ablest senior law "team", victor over thirty other clubs in a two-year competition before student courts. Representatives for the taxpayers will be two members of the "Root-Pitney" law club, W. Parmer Fuller, of San Mateo, California, and Gerald H. Trautman of Cambridge. Their opponents, representing the government, will be Dwight K. Parsons, of Kent, Ohio, and Andrew S. Grey, of Philadelphia, both members of the "Pow-wow" club...
Into New York's Madison Square Garden last week trouped the biggest crowd (17,200) that has ever watched a tennis match in the U. S. The attraction was California's long, ambling Ellsworth Vines, world's ablest professional since 1933, against England's sleek, light-footed Frederick John Perry, world's ablest amateur since 1933, making his professional debut...
...first Perry-Vines match-made his first tour in 1931. Major promoter of the game until this year has been a onetime boxing trainer named Bill O'Brien. Last week's match marked the first time that the balance of power among the world's ablest tennists was indisputably on the side of the professionals. As such it was an important milestone in the game's history...
...holes. Match play is based on scores for each of the 18. The U. S. Open Championship is medal play. The U. S. Amateur Championship used to be two days of medal play followed by a match play tournament among the 32 lowest scorers. Because some of the ablest players often missed getting into the low 32, the U. S. Golf Association three years ago decided to change to match play throughout. This system proved tedious, uninteresting. Last week, at its annual meeting, the U. S. G. A. announced a new system meant to embody the good points of both...