Word: als
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Strong Willie Rohrer of Brooklyn was the most popular because they knew him. but strong Al Manger of Baltimore was the hero because he broke three records. After he had done so, the women (there were eight present) purred "Wunderbar, wunderschön"?and wished Al's nose were not big like his muscles. Big muscles, by that time, had grown commonplace...
...Strong Al Manger and strong Willie Rohrer had one rival for attention, little (118-lb.) Robert Knodle of Hagerstown, Md., who broke five records in his class. But, as usual, the heavyweight class seemed more interesting...
...Al Manger takes his burdens casually. He ambles toward the bar and, simply, lifts it. Sometimes he does not lift it much higher than his knees. In this case he puts it down, bows sadly to the audience. But if he succeeds in raising it, he holds it im mobile, and proudly, through his big nose, sniffs the stale...
...expected to win as it won two years ago.* On the first day, when the foursomes were played, the U. S. had led, 2½points to 1½. Loose-jointed young Horton Smith from Joplin, Mo., did not play in the foursomes. Instead he followed Leo Diegel and Al Espinosa who, playing the best match of the two days, beat Britain's Boomer and Duncan seven up and five to go. The U. S. won two matches, dropped one, tied another. By lunchtime the next day, British golf enthusiasts were jubilant. The British team was leading in four...
Music is no longer a seasonal business. When spring darkens the great auditoriums, it also throws open the stadia and amphitheatres which now dot the country. In the U. S. May brings with it Festivals Weeks everywhere; June, July, August bring symphony concerts and opera al fresco. In Europe, more and more cities and villages are bidding for tourist trade with musical programs...