Word: billiard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual pool and 18-inch balkline billiard tournament of the Harvard Union, open only to members, began last night. The winners in each tournament will receive a cash prize of $15 or its equivalent; the runners-up will be awarded a prize of $5 or its equivalent...
...entrants, 13 in the billiard and 10 in the pool tournament, have been picked by Mr. Ben Lourie, the Union professional, as a result of the showing they have made this fall in practice games...
...which is apropos of the fact that today is the last day upon which the Union keeps open house. Hereafter only members will be allowed the varied privileges of the club: the dining rooms, the library, the barber shop, the billiard room, the tea dances, and the thousand and one other diversions and conveniences therein provided. Don't be a social scab on the Harvard body politic. Join the Union...
...privileges of the Union will include a series of six tea-dances on the afternoons of football games; lectures by prominent men on subjects of general interest; a pool and billiard room, where instruction in those games will be given free to all members who wish it; a library and reading room, where magazines and newspapers from all parts of the country will be on file; and various special entertainments...
This year two pool and billiard tournaments will be run off by the Union instead of one as in previous years. The first tournament will begin immediately after the football season and will be concluded before the Christmas recess. The second tournament will be played during the winter term. Prizes for winner and runner-up will be given for each tournament...