Word: feats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rule which seems to hold in almost every form of sport. Some of the most illuminating examples of the truth of this statement are to be round in Anglo-American golf competitions. Walter Travis won in England in 1930, and Harold Hilton duplicated his feat at least once in America, but except for these two, foreign invaders have very rarely triumphed over native sons. There have, of course, been others. Jimmy Wilde, for example, probably the world's greatest flyweight, could win anywhere, and the brothers Doherty of England were as easily supreme at tennis in their...
...island home, bound for an unknown destination. Bavaria is virtually a Monarchy and Prince Rupprecht is hailed everywhere as King. The need for a real leader in Germany was said to be getting greater every day and it seems that a restoration of the Monarchy is not an impossible feat. Moreover, it appears that Great Britain and Italy would be willing to recognize a Monarchy in Germany, providing that a Hohenzollern were not chosen...
...ball was kept in the scrubs territory amost continuiously, but getting past the second's 20 yard line was a real feat. On two occasions the first team passed the 15 yard mark, only to be held for downs. On the first occasion, Moseley dropped back and kicked a field goal. On the second, with four downs to go, the first team succeeded in making only 5 yards in four downs...
...Stockholm Stadium, Sweden, came the report that Paavo Nurmi, a Finn, had " broken the world's record for the mile run." The mile record-with the possible exception of the 100-yard record-is looked upon as the most important record in track competition. Yet Nurmi's feat (though it was in no wise questioned) evoked little or no press comment; no American sporting editor proved energetic enough to cable for further details. The Finn's time was given as 4 min. 102/5 sec. He also "broke the world's record for 1,500 meters." (Time...
...feat was performed in this manner: The French note was taken to the Paris office of the Times and translated into English ? a process taking six hours. It was divided into 15 sections of 500 to 1,000 words each and transmitted over two cables directly into the New York office of the Times. It was just four hours and 15 minutes from the time the first sections of the report were filed at the Paris cable office until the entire text was complete in New York. And the text of the note was less than half...