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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There were no knockouts; the nearest approach was a technical one awarded to I. B. Light 21, over A. A. Cowan 2L. At first Cowan seemed to have Light on the defense, but in the second round he was down three times before Referee John Martin stopped the bout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRELIMINARIES OF TOURNEY PROVIDE GORY SPECTACLE | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

WHEN Professor G. F. Moore writes a foreword to a book, Harvard men must approach the volume with respect. And when he finds "its point of view original and the presentation not only instructive but simulative of thought," most Harvard men will find the book interesting. To erudite readers who search their pages for inaccuracies Professor Moore sounds a warning that "in a work of such wide scope the critical reader will often discover in particulars of fact or of interpretation occasion for doubt or dissent." Bertrand Russell in his review of the book in the New York Nation...

Author: By H. W. Taeusch, | Title: A System of Life | 3/15/1929 | See Source »

Golfing enthusiasts have long bemoaned the comparative neglect of their favorite sport in comparison to tennis, squash, and similar activities. The erection of two greens on which to practice approach shots will eliminate the necessity of traveling miles to the nearest golf course. A far more important step in the recognition of golf, however, is the securing of Francis Ouimet's services this spring to lay out the greens and to coach the University golf squad. The able services of such a recognized golfing figure will do much to increase the prestige of the sport at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECOGNIZING GOLF | 3/8/1929 | See Source »

...decision to lay out two holes for practicing approach shots was largely due to the activity of Phillips Finlay '31 in promoting the idea. Francis Ouimet is to aid in the enterprise, offering advice in planning the course as well as instructing candidates for the team during the early part of the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOLF PRACTICE GREENS TO BE ON SOLDIERS FIELD | 3/7/1929 | See Source »

...month ago, she received it from her mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr., who still lives tranquilly at Winchester. . . . The discovery of Marie Byrd Land seemed likely to mark the end of Byrd explorations by air this year in Antarctica. Ice floes were closing in at the approach of antarctic winter. Last week the supply ship Eleanor Bolling was hurrying from New Zealand to succor the base bark City of New York in the fast-packing Bay of Whales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mrs. Byrd's Land | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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