Search Details

Word: germantown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...until very recently, amateurs; five years ago an "open" tennis tournament would have been superfluous. Last week, at their annual meeting in St. Louis the officers of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, decided an open tournament would no longer be superfluous, approved plans to hold it at the Germantown Cricket Club next September provided the International Tennis Federation approves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Feb. 24, 1930 | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

...course there are some tennis enthusiasts who insist that the professional players of today are not on the same level with the cream of the amateur racquet-wielders. They will probably receive a severe jolt when they watch Vincent Richards and Karel Kozelub perform at Germantown next fall, but even if they are correct the inevitable result of putting the two branches of the sport on an equal footing will be an equalizing one. The good results of open tournaments may not all be apparent from the very start; but they will inevitably come out to the everlasting benefit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/18/1930 | See Source »

...ranking list. The Association at its meeting on Saturday also voted in favor of tournaments being open to both amateurs and professionals, Provided the International Tennis Federation seconds this vote at its meeting in Paris on March 21, the first annual United States open tournament will be held at Germantown, Pa., on either September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

Nominated. Samuel H. Collom, President of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, is a member of the Germantown Cricket Club, where William Tatem Tilden II learned to play tennis. Because he has known Tilden for a long time, people guessed it was President Collom who got Tilden declared an amateur again in time for the last Davis Cup matches. If Tilden needs help again this year, Mr. Collom will not be there. Last week the elections committee of the U. S. L. T. A. nominated Louis B. Dailey, Manhattan realtor, as its next president. He has been serving as vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport Notes, Jan. 27, 1930 | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

...Germantown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1929 | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Previous | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | Next