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Word: contesting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...illustrated limerick contest. First prize: twelve bottles of "1929 Heidelbach-Icpleheimer"; second, $2.50; third, a "partnership in Speyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Bawl Street | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

...only other contest on the week's card, Penn shut out Columbia as its Sophomore right hander, Tony Caputo, turned in a one-bitter, but the Red and Blue remained in sixth place. It was the season's finale for the Lions, who finished in the League cellar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leaders Inactive on E.I.L. Baseball Front; Cornell Secure in First Place | 6/7/1939 | See Source »

Coach Floyd Stahl's Varisty crew swings into action on Soldiers Field afternoon at 4 o'clock with a strong Alumni outfit providing the opposition. For the Crimson, the regular lineup will start the contest, and hurling duties will probably be divided equally among Slim Curtiss, Tom Mosley and Charley Brackett. Charley (No Hands) Heckel will be unable to play until the end of the week due to a sore throat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stahlmen Meet Alumni Nine Today; Charley Hockel Out | 6/7/1939 | See Source »

...Harvard CRIMSON A. A.) rules, the match consisted of one set only, which the journalists took, 6-3. In a later exhibition set, the gallantry of the editors came to the fore and the P. M. girls were allowed to prevail, 6-1. The contest ended early in the afternoon because half of the Pine Manor aggregation had to go to the "Vill" for a hair...

Author: By Two STAFF Correspondents, | Title: PINE MANOR COURT STARS ARE HANDED SETBACK BY EDITORS | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...water conditions four Varsity boats, Cornell, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Harvard, rowed up to a flying start for a two mile race, while thunderheads were threatening overhead. At the mile rain curtained the boats as they rowed down the course, Harvard out ahead with the largest early lead of any contest this season. Syracuse was second, followed by Penn, with the Big Red trailing the fleet...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Rain, Sleet, Hail Pelt Varsity Eights as Cornell Crew Snaps Crimson's String | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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