Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...piloted the America, until the coast of France was reached, has Spanish blood in his veins, is more of a daredevil and less of a technician than the other members of the crew. He has driven racing automobiles as well as the winning airplane in the 1921 Pulitzer Cup. He taught Canadians to fly before the U. S. entered the War. He served in both the U. S. Army and Navy...
...crew, which had been magnificent in 1926 as freshmen, Columbia's hopes were thwarted on the Housatonic River in May by Yale. Then Columbia tried a shakeup, put a couple of upperclassmen in the boat, trailed the Navy and Princeton in the combined Stewards' and Childs' Cup regatta at Philadelphia a few weeks later...
...game-except for the mad riding of tall, angular Winston F. C. Guest, who made seven of Yale's eight goals. The final score: Yale 8, Harvard 5. Yale won the championship, chiefly because Mr. Guest had played polo that was fast and sportingly rough enough for international cup matches...
...lawyer, Dudley Field Malone of Manhattan, finally allowed her to accept a contract which required that she perform in a glass tub on vaudeville stages. "The idea of an endurance swimmer showing the public anything in a one-stroke tub suggests a whale doing a marathon in an eye cup," remarked a Chicago Tribune writer...
...hole to find that he needed a birdie 3 to tie Cooper. Wood smote rubber-and Armour's ball traveled 275 yards down the middle of the fairway. Iron smote rubber-and Armour's ball made a 180-yard parabola to the green, 15 feet from the cup. For four minutes Armour studied his putt. Then, there was a tap, a roll and a clink. Armour had made 301. Next day, in the play-off of the tie, Armour again came from behind to complete the round in 76, while Cooper slashed for a 79. A spectator...