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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...registration blank under "Father's Occupation" he wrote: "Nothing special." He took a bath, was given a close haircut, his undress uniform. His room was a single one in the south barracks. On the basis of height he was assigned to the Second Company where he got a place in the front rank. Late the first afternoon with other new cadets on the parade grounds he took his oath of allegiance...
...coming back. I've got an ambition. I'm going to play the 'misery' on the Scotch bagpipes. When I can do that...
...Calamity Jane" is the name of the putter that sank the putt that made the tie that let Jones win the tournament. "Jeanie Deans" is the name of the driver that hooked the drives that got into the trouble that made it necessary for "Calamity Jane" to work hard. The man who made "Jeanie Deans" played in the tournament. He, Jack White of Scotland, 56, was the oldest competitor. He started out to be a major sensation by scoring a par 72 in the first round, including a freak shot on the lyth. With 175 yards...
...choppy thrusts, to bend over forward and try to butt Schmeling around to where he could be hit by a wild-swinging attack. After he found the range, Uzcudun thrashed often and heavily into Schmeling's ribs during their head-to-head clinches. But Schmeling stood it well and got the better of this horizontal infighting. His jolting up-jabs eventually got Uzcudun erect. Then Schmeling continued his face attack like a boxer wearing down but unable to subdue a brute. Eyes closed and bleeding, nose clogged, breath stertorous, Uzcudun, who had never been knocked out, was saved only...
...London in a dripping fog the day after the Harvard-Yale crew race. During that thick night the Teragram missed the stern of Malabar VIII by a scant six feet. Then came clear weather, smooth sailing. Sachem and Nina, the first two yachts around Montauk Point, got the best wind after the turn. The Nina came in seven hours behind the Sachem, at night, but the Sachem had started at scratch because of her slight beam and because she carried no propeller. The Nina's time allowance was more than enough to put her ahead...