Word: holing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meantime, there is nought but a sordid hole in the sidewalk with a row of vesper lanterns being burnt as an offering to the soul of the departed and, as Bob remarked, looking at the upturned cage with its iron spikes, "to save the boys pants from being torn on Saturday nights...
...weapon employed by the Patrol to hasten the end of an iceberg's life. If the berg has a ledge upon which a man may land, a hole is chopped with an ice axe and the charge with a time-fuse attached, is deposited
...said that Mrs. Fraser was in form again to win the title, which she held three times as Alexa Stirling of Atlanta. Spectators approved their surmise the next day when the heavily-heralded Mile. Simone Thion de la Chaume, champion of France, champion of England, lost the first three holes to Mrs. Fraser and the match 3 and 2. But something happened. Mrs. Fraser fiddled away her next match to a little-known Kansas City wife, Miriam Burns Horn. Mrs. Horn, once western champion, won 1 up. Meanwhile Maureen Orcutt, whose name (someone observed) sounds like a hair tonic, destroyed...
...many seasons Johnny Farrell, New York professional golfer, has borne as modestly as possible, the title of best-dressed golfer in the profession. This year he has been acquiring other titles. Last week he acquired the Chicago Open title, principally by holing a 25-foot putt on the last hole of the last round. An unusual item of the play was a hole-in-one scored by Harry Cooper, Los Angeles. Such holes are almost unheard of in important tournament play, the ace of Jock Hutchison when he won the British Open in 1921 being the only one remembered...
Married. Anna Fay Prosser, daughter of Seward Prosser, famed Manhattan banker; to Dan Platt Caulkins of Detroit, quarterback on Princeton's 1926 football eleven; at Woods Hole, Mass...