Word: championships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British Army-in-India polo team lost once again to U. S. horsemen. After fighting their way through fierce preliminary matches, the Britains met Thomas Hitchcock Jr. in the finals of the U. S. open championship and with him rode defeat. Hitchcock's play beat Britain in the International matches; Hitchcock's Sands Point team now holds the open title, winning in the finals 11-7. On Hitchcock's four were W. A. Harriman, J. C. Cowdin, U. S. International team substitute, and L. E. Stoddard, former Internationalist. Injury robbed Britain of a better chance. Leading...
Last week at the National Singles Tennis Championship at Forest Hills, Long Island, William T. Tilden II tried for a record. He tried to match William A. Larned's list of seven national championships. Tilden has six. Last year Henri Cochet of France robbed him of his chance to tie R. D. Sears's record, seven successive championships; Rene Lacoste be- came 1926 champion...
About 20 of the best men from each class will be retained on the Class team, and a schedule of games will be played to decide the championship. The members of the winning team will have their names engraved upon the permanent class trophy. In addition the winning team will play against the winning class team from Yale, this event having been inaugurated last year when the blue class championship team was defeated on Soldiers Field. This year the game will be at New Haven, and men who play will be given their numerals...
Looking for a tangible difference between Harvard and other educational institutions of the country, the average Freshman is likely to fall back on indifference, codfish or the memory of championship football teams. But a longer and more intimate acquaintance with the University will introduce him to the tutorial system, and then he will have something to talk about...
Five sets of championship ten-nis can make strong men sob., To play those five sets a man must have a sturdy heart; a stomach un-corroded with strong drink, a breath uncontaminated by cafe smoke...