Word: greensward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the band marches onto the Stadium greensward this afternoon, its performances both alphabetical and tintinnabulous will have been made possible chiefly by the endeavors of four men, a drum major, a musician, a tactician, and a student manager...
...clock in the morning MM. Godin & Chiappe motored out to the big garden of Mme Cotnareaunu, widow of Perfumer François Coty, on the Avenue Raphael. Old-fashioned dueling pistols were loaded with black powder & ball. On the greensward the seconds stepped off 25 paces. The principals turned up their coat collars lest a spot of white shirtfront give a target...
Adams House asserted its supremacy on the greensward yesterday by defeating the Lowell House mashiemen 5 1-2-3 1-2 in a close match played at the Trapelo Country Club. The match, a playoff between the two teams, which had tied the day before, was decided by the foursome matches, two of which were won by Adams, and one halved...
...three-way tie for the lead in the House golf league between the Bellboys, Gold Coasters, and Puritans resulted from Lowell's defeat of Adams on the greensward yesterday, and if the three captains agree to a match involving six threesomes, the deadlock will be played off today. A similar method was used two years ago, but if it is not agreed to, the title will be decided by elimination matches...
After two weeks of training, the jack rabbits at Abilene last week knew that their only chance for life was to beat the greyhounds to the burlap at the far end of the field. Each rump-bobbing rabbit raced 150 yd. over the greensward before a brace of dogs leaped in pursuit. One dog wore a red knit collar, the other a white. From a tower the judge watched sharply to see which dog took the lead at the start, which turned the rabbit at a right angle, which made the kill. He raised a red or white flag...