Word: championships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shift in the line-up for the Dedham game, caused by the absence of Holden White '28, the fourth member of last year's championship team has apparently weakened the squad only slightly. R. B. Burnett '28, playing his first game for the University was used at number one, while F. D. Stranahan '26, who usually plays this position, was shifted to back and Captain R. D. Pinkerton '27 was placed at number three. The expected return of White to the line-up for the second game of the intercollegiate tournament will probably increase the scoring power of the Crimson...
...game with North Carolina, which has been a feature of the Harvard schedule for the past two years, has been omitted for next season. The Carolinians have held the Southern Championship for the past four years but have lost both of their games with Harvard by close scores. They are not making the northern trip this winter...
...everyone knows, Travis, an Australian, represented the U. S. in 1904, but Sweetser is the first U. S.-born golfer to loft over the championship hazard...
...four summers ago that Jess Sweetser, then a Yale undergraduate, came to fame by winning first the Metropolitan title and then, at Brookline, Mass., the national amateur championship. At Flossmoor, Ill., in 1923, he relinquished his national title to Max Marston of Philadelphia only after 38 holes of amazing competitive golf. Possessed of a slightly unorthodox style, he is more given to "spells" of brilliance or mediocrity than some other golfers, but his courage and resourcefulness are of an extremely high order. His opponents never feel secure against the "impossible" shots that it is his habit to bring off. . . . Siwanoy...
...Eight amateur golfers are chosen by Britain and the U. S. to play for the Walker Cup, emblematic of the world's team championship. The matches are held after the amateur championship alternately in each country. This year's team: Gardner (Capt.), Jones, Von Elm, Guilford, Mackenzie, Sweetser, Ouimet, Gunn...