Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contest held at Palm Beach's swank Colony Club, the leading contender for the title of "Glamor Girl of Palm Beach" was 17-year-old Cobina Wright Jr., Manhattan cafe society songstress. Judges were Photographer Hal Phyfe and Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg. After an argument with his fellow judge, Flagg huffed: "I have a vote, but it is not for Miss Cobina Wright. However, I will turn my vote over to Phyfe, and he can make the choice." Phyfe promptly chose Cobina Wright. Next day Illustrator Flagg saw her on the beach in a one-piece bathing suit. Dazzled...
...Quakers have met defeat at the hands of Columbia and have been blanked by Navy, putting them behind the Harvard team which won from Columbia and scored 7 1/2 points against the Middies. Last year the Crimson was also the favorite for the contest but emerged beaten. However, there is little chance for a recurrence of such an upset this year...
...Crimson came back in the last period to play their opponents off their feet. It must also be taken into consideration that the Yale team ranks five goals higher than the Crimson, and were it not for the fact that all college games are played on the flat, the contest would have ended...
...justice to the Crimson, however, it must be said that they turned in one of their poorest games of the season Wednesday night in the Columbia tilt. The Lions had things pretty much their own way for three-quarters of the contest, and the Feslermen are hoping to stay in the ball game a lot longer this time...
...schedule, longest in Harvard fencing annals, will be the Yale meet March 18. On comparative scores, the Crimson will be heavy favorites to avenge the defeats of the past two years, since Hartford triumphed over the Elis earlier in the year. There will also be a J.V. contest, the first in Crimson-Blue history...