Word: chalks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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John Norton Smith is an extremely dour Scot from Fifeshire where normally he is a carpenter*. No brilliance attends his game but only the grimmest determination. His idiosyncrasies: chalking the face of his wooden clubs with blue chalk, waxing the handle of his irons before the difficult shot. To Cyril Tolley who won it at Muirfield nine years ago again went the championship. He, a links behemoth, has obtained most fame from his prodigious drives. In 1923 at Troon he drove to the green on a 350-yard hole. Last week his drives were still spectacular and, rare...
Finally a piece of chalk was placed be tween two slates. When the slates were parted, one of the slates bore the legend "Science vs. Spiritualism...
...table, one leg of which was equipped as an aerial, another as a ground. The phenomena were produced by the activation of an electromagnet which attracted pieces of metal cleverly hidden in the performing objects. There was even a small piece of metal concealed in the bit of chalk which did the writing, directed by a telautograph...
Toronto swept the ice with its brilliant forward line and stalwart defense and it was due largely to the brilliant playing of S. M. Batchelder '31 that the Crimson was able to chalk up any score against the whirling Canadian combination...
Fifteen minutes later, Palo Alto quoted 251 electoral votes. With great care, they had added New York's 45. Not until 8:43 p. m. (11:43 Eastern time) did they chalk up Tennessee, Wisconsin and Iowa for a total...