Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days last week in the first postwar piping competition of Scotland's Piobaireachd* (pronounced peebrook) Society, 35 brightly kilted professional bagpipers skirled and wailed like caterwauling cats on the warpath. To protect the pipes from the hazards of the Inverness climate, the contest, usually an outdoor affair, was held in a small, grey stone hall. The hall's acoustics put the pipes out of tune, and their braying was flatter than ever...
...final spurt that just missed being a finish in the real Frank Merriwell tradition, the Varsity soccer team scored two goals in the last five minutes of play, almost got two others, and finally had to be content with a 5 to 5 tie contest with a well-coordinated Worcester Polytechnic Institute eleven yesterday afternoon on the Business School Field...
...early stages of the game looked as though the contest would end in a rout for the Crimson. Before ten minutes elapsed Phil Potter, Varsity center forward, slammed in two quick scores. But the red-shirted team from Worcester bounced right back, and before the half ended Joe Hearn, their center forward, kicked in four angle shots, all on quick breaks, and the score stood...
...starting lineup for the contest will probably find Dick Harshman in the goal for the Crimson booters while two members of former Varsity teams, Al Merck and Dick Forster, will start in the full-back slots. Dave Ogden, Hunt Mavor, and Gus Seamans are the tentative starters at the halfback posts...
...Sharp and Martin are both residents of the fourteenth Massachusetts Congressional District, and area running roughly from Fall River to Wellesley. In the event that the Republicans win a majority in the House this fall Martin will become the speaker, this increasing the significance of the contest...