Word: billiards
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Grey-cast, billiard-bald Major Edwin Howard Armstrong, deviser of the frequency modulation system of broadcasting, has twice in his time revolutionized radio-first by the regenerative, or feedback, circuit, which outmoded crystal sets; next by his superheterodyne hookup, the basis for present-day one-dial tuning. His FM system has all the earmarks of another, and more sweeping revolution. Neither sunspots, lightning, electric razors, icebox motors, telephone dials, switches, bed warmers nor passing street cars can ruffle its calm...
...Freshman classes at Harvard never seem to change much," asserted Benjamin Laurie, familiar to Union billiard sharks as plain Ben, on his twentieth anniversary at the Union. "And I wish to say that they're the finest bunch of fellows a man can work with," he added...
Scarcely able to realize that he has been here so long, Laurie, who has been a billiard professional for twenty years, began to reminisce. He remembers the good old days when Willie Hoppe, world's champion billiard player for 16 years, played at the Union. In former days he used to play with all the great pros of his time--Hoppe, Schaefer, and the rest. Ben judged that the greatest Harvard player was Bert Knout '28, who averaged a run of about...
...Ninety per cent of the players prefer billiards," Ben claimed, "but they all start out wrong, in fact, everyone starts wrong. It is this early misunderstanding of the game that accounts for the fact that there are only 12 good billiard players in the country...
Twenty Freshmen billiard players are competing for a silver cup presented by the University...