Word: golf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Essex County Club shortly after 10 a.m., and the Class straggled for the various available activities. Sitting and talking took first preference, although a few stalwarts managed to find their way onto the 12 tennis courts. Still others did battle 'mid the roughs and sandtraps of the club's golf course...
Swimming, golf and tennis resumed shortly after lunch for those who could still boast of undiminished vigor, and a few even managed to engage in driving and putting contests...
Batchelder became '31's first president after a hotly contested election, and Phillips Finlay and Dillon were elected to Vice-President and Secretary, respectively. Finlay also found success in other fields of endeavor as he was named freshman golf captain. In the 1928 U.S. Amateur, Finlay advanced as far as the semi-finals, where he was finally put out by Bobby Jones...
When doctors prescribed physical exercise for his failing health four years ago, British Schoolboy John Beharrell had just the excuse he needed to enjoy himself on the golf course. This year, when doctors told him to quit his classes entirely, Beharrell, 18, happily put in his free time polishing up his game. He did a fine job. At Troon, Scotland last week he had the shots, the stamina and the concentration to hold off Glasgow Insurance-man Leslie Taylor, 5 and 4, and win the British amateur championship...
...Panama's invitation Ike's press secretary, James Hagerty, went to the isthmus last week to confer with President Ricardo Arias and help set up press and cable arrangements. On White House instructions he also discreetly learned "Dickie" Arias' golf handicap (an impressive two) without revealing Ike's. For his part, President Arias solved the ticklish problem of the presidential suite. He reportedly decided that he himself will occupy it as his conference headquarters...