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Word: bassford (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Singles--S. E. Davenport, 3rd '34 defeated Moorhead (Y), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Richard Inglis, Jr. '33, defeated Hastings (Y), 6-2, 7-9, 6-4; Miles (Y) defeated W. E. Arensberg '33, 6-4, 6-2; J. F. Ray '34 defeated Bassford (Y), 7-9, 6-3, 6-2; Mundy (Y) defeated F. W. Jones, Jr. '35, 6-2, 6-3; F. P. Whitbeck '35 defeated Cobb (Y), 6-4, 6-4; G. H. Hartford, 2nd '34 defeated Hamilton (Y), 7-5, 6-3; Wardman (Y) defeated Sumner Redman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY NETMEN DOWN BLUE IN 15-MATCH MEET | 5/22/1933 | See Source »

Doubles--Davenport and Ray defeated Moorhead and Miles (Y), 8-6, 5-7, 6-4; Hastings and Cobb (Y) defeated J. B. Wilkinson '35 and Arensberg, 6-1, 6-2; Mundy and Bassford (Y) defeated S. G. Haskins '35 and G. B. Sykes '33, 6-4, 6-2; Whitbeck and Ingalis defeated Hamilton and Hill (Y), 4-6, 8-6, 6-0; Wardman and Carlisle (Y), defeated Ian Baldwin '33 and J. K. Mitchell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY NETMEN DOWN BLUE IN 15-MATCH MEET | 5/22/1933 | See Source »

...Upper Marlboro. Md., on trial for bootlegging, Frank Bassford was asked to raise his right hand as he took oath. Said he: "I'll not only raise my right hand and swear I'm innocent, but I'll lift both hands, stand on my head and raise my feet." Charge dismissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

...custom requires, Vice President Charles Curtis gave a Christmas dinner last week to the 19 Senate pages (age 12 to 16) in the Capitol restaurant.* Likewise as custom requires, the pages gave the Vice President a Christmas present. Page Philip J. ("Peewee") Bassford passed to Vice President Curtis an enormous wooden gavel with the statement: "We have christened this gavel 'Discipline' and it is guaranteed to mash 'em flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pages' Dinner | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

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