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Word: cupful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fourteen prizes in as many events have been put up by various Harvard alumni, the discus throw being the only event on the program for which there is no special award for the victor. Each year the name of the victor is inscribed upon the cup for his event, and this year as a new departure, the winner will also receive a picture of the cup. Medals are awarded for second and third places in each event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANDICAP MEET TO GIVE UNIVERSITY CHANCE ON CINDERS | 5/9/1929 | See Source »

Wells Mile Run--Cup presented by Frank Wells '64. 1928 winner R. C. Aldrich '31. Harvard record: 4m: 19 4-5 s. by J. W. Burke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANDICAP MEET TO GIVE UNIVERSITY CHANCE ON CINDERS | 5/9/1929 | See Source »

...seriously they went from Windyridge to Punchbowl, from Lone Pine to Spinney. On the second day, long before the last of them reached Home, which was the name of Moortown's 18th hole, the people that were following them knew that the British had won the Ryder golf cup. It was big news. The U. S. had been expected to win as it won two years ago.* On the first day, when the foursomes were played, the U. S. had led, 2½points to 1½. Loose-jointed young Horton Smith from Joplin, Mo., did not play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ryder Cup Home | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...Given by Samuel Ryder, British seedsman, in 1926, for U. S.-British professionals, the cup is played for in alternate years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ryder Cup Home | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...good rumor mingled with the more serious matter of Mr. Quincy's essay and a general smile lit up the countenances of the audience to whom bequests of thousands of dollars were familiar, to hear him read records of donations to the College of an iron spoon and pewter cup, or similar articles. Most or the ladies rushed from the house to see the procession move to the Pavilion, a few, perhaps half a dozen, were detained accidentally in the gallery, and formation of the procession in the Church, which they witnessed, constituted one of the most interesting and affecting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts From Mrs. Baker's New Book Describe College's Two Hundredth Anniversary--"Fair Harvard" First Sung | 4/27/1929 | See Source »

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