Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...squash tennis, or have suffered from poorly-constructed courts, and hence have not fully adopted the game. In New York, largely due to the efforts of certain professionals, squash tennis is the more important of the two; while in Chicago a still different game of "racquets" is a strong competitor. But gradually, men who have played the game and who have become well acquainted with it at St. Paul's School for example or at the University have gone to other colleges, and scattered into the larger cities. So, gradually, the game has been gaining a more general recognition...
Under the conditions made when the trophy was first awarded in 1915 it goes permanently to the school which, at the end of ten years, has won it most often during that period. Since Springfield's closest competitor, Hotchkiss, last year's winner, has received the trophy only twice, no matter who receives it next year, it will become the permanent property of the Springfield school...
...race--but on a kind of "heads I win, tails you lose" basis. If the Columbia happens to win the next two races and, consequently the series, she will then have to be remeasured under the stony glances of the Canadians. Needless to say the enthusiasm of a competitor who is not certain of getting credit for winning is likely to be considerably dampened. Yet while criticizing Canada, it is only fair to say that a well- founded belief is current to the effect that the Gloucester men have altered their boat to suit racing rather than fishing conditions...
...world, nevertheless the rivalry of the two great financial capitals is today even keener than three years ago. Particularly is this seen in the flotation of foreign government loans, a work in which London was formerly supreme, but in which Wall Street is now proving a challenging competitor. Last week, the two centres competed directly for the flotation of the new $20,000,000 Norwegian loan. New York won, just as she did in the struggle for the recent $20,000,000 Swiss loan. The Austrian loan was shared between London, New York, Paris and other centres. New issues from...
Johnston eliminated early in the matches his most able competitor, Vincent Richards, of Providence. In the all-American finals he met Francis T. Hunter, of New Rochelle, N. Y., and won as he pleased...