Word: entrants
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William Woodward's three-year-old racehorse Granville: the Saratoga Cup. in which the only other entrant, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's famed five-year-old. Discovery, was the 2-to-5 favorite; by six lengths, on a muddy track; at Saratoga...
Csik v. Fick. In swimming, as in running, the race which attracts most attention is the 100-metre sprint. The entrant in the 100-metre who attracted most attention at Berlin last week was handsome Peter Fick of the New York Athletic Club, world recordholder, but three wily little Japanese named Yusa, Arai and Taguchi were expected to make him do his utmost...
...divided into two zones, North American and European. Winner of the American zone plays the winner of the European zone. Winner of this round plays the Cup holder-this year England-in the challenge round. Convenient for all concerned, this arrangement is especially handy for the one potent regular entrant which is in neither one zone nor the other, Australia. For the past three years Australia challenged in the European zone. This year well aware that, to win the Cup, their team would have to beat the U. S. in the interzone round anyway, Australia's Davis Cup Committee...
...nothing happens." In spite of concentration, by the 18th hole Patty had missed five putts of less than five feet, lost her second-round match to Elsie Corlett of Lancashire. Other favorites fell even more quickly than Patty, whom British bookmakers had backed as the No. 1 U. S. entrant in the Women's British Golf Championship, never won by a U. S. player. Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, five-time contender for the title, lost her temper, then her first-round match to her close friend Charlotte Glutting. Defending Champion Wanda Morgan was also eliminated in the opening round...
...first week he found himself far down on the list of competitors. The second week he steadied, tied for the lead with 21-year-old Albert Simonson, youngest entrant. Last week Youngster Simonson, still tied with Reshevsky on the last day, lost his final match. Playing with customary meticulousness and gulping huge draughts of ice water, Samuel Reshevsky contented himself with a draw against his last opponent, became U. S. chess champion by a ^ point margin...