Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pittsburgh, the Alex Smith Memorial Trophy for lowest qualifying score went to solemn young Byron Nelson of Reading, Pa., whose 139 for 36 holes topped the field by three strokes. . . . Officials of the Professional Golfers Association were pleased when three of the players they had selected for the Ryder Cup team that will play England this month and four others named as eligible for it were in the round of eight. . . . British-born Harry Cooper last year broke the record for the U. S. Open by two strokes, lost the title when Tony Manero broke it by four. Last week...
...afternoon, McSpaden worked his way back to a lead of 2 up with three to play. Shute evened the match on the 35th green. On the 36th, needing to hole a 4-ft. putt for the title. McSpaden watched his ball graze the side of the cup and stay out. On the extra hole. Shute had a putt of the same distance for a 4 to his opponent's 5. He holed it to be come one of five professionals who have won the P. G. A. title more than once...
...tennis last autumn to woo the almighty dollar, the heir-apparent was Prince Donald Budge of the U. S., unless .aging Pretender Jack Crawford of Australia could make good his claim. At stake was more than the throne. Without King Frederick, England had little chance of retaining the Davis Cup, and the challenge round for that 37-year-old receptacle, which Australasia and France have each won six times, Great Britain nine times and the U. S. ten times (but not since 1926), would really be the American Zone finals between Australia...
...Grant should have played in a major Davis Cup match long before 1937. Be cause his legs and arms are so short that he has to spend most of his time chasing the ball, Grant frequently falls down, has become dextrous at returning shots while sitting on the ground. This has caused experts to underestimate the soundness of his game, which has enabled him to beat most of the world's best players at one time or another. Grant has been struggling to get on the U. S. Davis Cup team for the past five years...
...Alexander Agassiz Cup, presented in memory of a man who rowed on a crew here with ex-President Charles W. Eliot, was given to David Tufts '37, president of the House Boat Club