Word: contest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crowds at billiard tournaments are never very big, but Rudolph and Greenleaf had another audience which followed their contest in newspapers and discussed it in doorways-the enormous and tremendously expert audience of U. S. pool players. Pocket billiards is another name for continuous pool. You play it on a sixpocket table with 15 numbered balls and a cue ball. You must name the ball you want to pocket and the pocket you are shooting for. If you make your shot and knock in some extra balls you may count them too. All other pool games-cowboy, rotation, kelly...
...Tampas, Col., Mrs. Thomas Wheeler listened to the radio in her hotel lobby. On the program was a hog-calling contest being broadcast from Prairie View, Kan. At an especially eloquent call a pig broke out of its pen nearby and charged squealing into the lobby where it settled down and went to sleep...
Tonight's contest will be the first of three that the Crimson stickmen, will play during the holidays. On December 28 they will oppose the Toronto University team at Madison Square Garden. New York, and on January 2 they will return to their home rink, the Boston Garden, and play their Canadian rivals in the second of a two game series. Since Toronto usually turns out one of the strongest hockey aggregations in intercollegiate circles these two games should go far towards determining Harvard's hockey status...
...University team is to play no games during the vacation. Immediately after the recess, however, there will be a contest at the Commonwealth Armory between the University team and the Cavalry on January...
Since tonight's hockey game at the Arena with Boston University is not considered one of Harvard's home games, H. A. A. books will not admit undergraduates to the contest. Tickets will be available at the H. A. A. today, however, and can be purchased there up until 5 o'clock this afternoon. Prices range from $.50 to $1.50, many good balcony seats being available at the first price...