Word: cometed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Closely following the receipt of word from Germany, where Tuttle's comet was observed last week, comes the announcement made yesterday by the Observatory that a cable had been received from the Central Bureau of Astronomical Telegrams in Copenhagen stating that Professor Innes of Cape-town had informed them of the discovery on January 16, by Mr. Blathwayt, of a comet of the eleventh magnitude in the constellation of Hydra...
...with intent, disdainful faces the puerile behavior of their older brothers. Most of them, however, attend these contests in spirit alone?which partly accounts for their devotion to football. Pigskin heroes can assume mythical proportions for eyes that have never beheld them. James Thorpe, the Indian, was a coppery comet, leaping in seven-league strides over a field of endless goal-lines; the right toe of good Charles Brickley stiffened into an obelisk for the reverence of generations; Eddie Mahan's red sweater, a football flattened against it, flamed across a continent of hushed back yards...
...respiration, came out of the West to win the Tennis Championships of the U. S. and England. Twice she held the singles championship of the world, three times the U. S. title, married Thomas Bundy, (Bundy held, at the time, the national doubles title with Maurice McLaughlin, "The California Comet," the most spectacular player who ever stepped on a court...
Western Amateur. Last week at Detroit a bright-gleaming comet flashed across the golfing firmament, followed by a heavy shower of falling stars...
Intercollegiates. When Maurice E. McLoughlin, the California Comet, came blazing across the U. S., lawn tennis followers saw for the first time what efficiency could be displayed by a player who never, if he could help it, took a ball on the bounce, but rushed for the net, to volley, smash, chop. Many lively Californians since have endeavored to maintain their state's tradition for skill at the net. Last week, a youth named Edward G. Chandler of the University of California won the Intercollegiate Tennis Championship from Cranston Holman of Stamford...