Word: davises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clem L. Shaver, National Chairman, introduced as toastmaster John William Davis, last Democratic Presidential nominee and still technical head of the party. Toastmaster Davis explained that the Democracy must be something between an army of generals and a set of political chessmen. He called upon all Democrats to unite for...
About Prohibition, Governor Ritchie was not nearly so outspoken as Senator Reed. The Ritchie point is states' rights; the Reed, political rancor. Yet it was after the Ritchie speech that Toastmaster Davis saw fit to depart from routine to "restore harmony." The U. S. people, said he, were divided in...
Others present at the Jackson Dinner: Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who sat on the right hand of John William Davis and was shouted at when she entered.
Despondent over the incapacity of English tennis players as winners or even serious contenders for the Davis Cup, Britain has hired a teacher. Karl Kozeluh, a leading professional tennis player of the continent, winner last week of an unofficial professional championship of Europe at Beaulieu, France, goes to the All...
Coincident with this announcement of recognition from highest English tennis potentates of the importance of perfect tennis education came a similar, more general recognition in the U. S. The U. S. Lawn Tennis Association drew up resolutions nurturing professionalism. Careful co-operation with the Professional Lawn Tennis Association was recommended...