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Word: contestant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University fencing team triumphed over the Boston University swordsmen by a score of 6 to 3 yesterday afternoon at Hemenway Gymnasium. The bouts in the foils alone were contested, the epee and sabre events having been ruled out of the contest by mutual agreement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWORDSMEN TAKE 6 TO 3 VICTORY FROM B. U. | 3/8/1928 | See Source »

...University fencers are confident of taking the measure of the B. U. swordsmen, who have not had a successful season to date. The contest will consist of only the foils bouts, the epee and sabre events having been ruled out of the meet by mutual agreement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SWORDSMEN TO COMBAT B. U. TEAM TODAY | 3/7/1928 | See Source »

...Saturday's contest between the Freshmen and the Union Boat Club the individual matches were extremely close although the final outcome was a clean sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN WEEKEND SPORT SUMMARIES | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...court. Three hours later, he was fetched from a nearby village and driven back to the courtroom. The jury had reached a conclusion. Whether because they believed the stories the witnesses had told on the stand, whether they disliked the idea of convicting the winner of a beauty contest, or whether, and this was the most likely reason, they felt an instinctive reluctance to accept as mundane evidence a secret that had been intended for the ears only of God, they announced that Mrs. Alma Petty Gatlin was not guilty of the murder of her father. The Rev. Pardue said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Murder Trial | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

...feature of the tournament was the singles match between Hill and J. W. Van Ryn of Princeton, a Davis Cup player, in which the Harvard player lost out, 6-4, 6-3 in a contest replete with fast playing. Hill had, in the second round of the tourney, defeated McDonald of Swarthmore 6-4, 6-3. Both Hill and Van Ryn drew byes in the opening round and their match in the third bracket was closely followed by the spectators. Arthur Ingraham '30 succumbed to Lavine of Pennsylvania in the first round after a hard fought match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHITBECK AND HILL REACH SEMI-FINALS IN TENNIS TOURNEY | 3/3/1928 | See Source »

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