Word: clayed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many a homesick or sardonic Northern Negro, writing to Southern friends, says "Ship me a bag of good dirt to eat." Sometimes he means it. Even in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, Negroes and whites send requests to their upcountry friends for a bit of red clay, declaring that black Delta soil is "right bad eating." In certain parts of Mississippi, poor whites will walk miles for a spoonful of dirt from a favorite bank of clay, because it "tastes sour, like a lemon." In other sections of the South, some top their meals with a savory tablespoon of dirt, believing...
...first of the student talent programs will present Talbot M. Malcomb '46, Andover piano expert at 9:15 o'clock, and at 11:25 o'clock, George R. Clay '43, Editorial Chairman of the Crimson, will give a five minute analysis of the news...
Therefore, this week, two tournaments that caused no great splash in former years have unusual interest: the National Professional championship and the National Clay Court championship...
...Amateurs, meeting in St. Louis for their annual clay court championship, have no headliners, but their second-rate show may unveil some future stars. Among the up & coming kids who will get a fair crack at the title this year are: Cincinnati's Bill Talbert (ranked No. 10), who beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets in a major tournament last year; University of Southern California's Ted Olewine (No.11) and Charlie Mattmann (No. 15), national Intercollegiate Doubles Champions; Northwestern's Seymour Greenberg (No. 19), onetime Public Parks champion; University of North Carolina's Victor Seixas, national...
...with Clem Yukuavich of Columbia at second; George Hain of Penn at third and Ronnie Stillman of Cornell at short. Hain also received enough votes for the latter position to tie with Stillman, having alternated between the two spots during the season. Baldwin of Princeton, Burns of Dartmouth and Clay of Harvard won the outfield berths