Word: kinsey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...semi-final match against Howard Kinsey (No. 4 nationally), the crowd soon saw that he was at it again. For the first two sets he played idly but effectively, led at 6-4, 7-5, then dawdled, flapped his serve like a chef turning a meatball, made clownish errors so that Kinsey won the third and fourth sets, 6-2, 6-3. In the fifth set, with Kinsey leading at 5-2 and the gallery becoming demoniac, he decided that his moment had come...
...THIRTY YEARS OF BILLIARDS-Willie Hoppe. Edited by J. E. Crozier-Putnam ($2.00). * Other famed brothers in sport are: Robert and Emil Meusel, Stanley and Harry Coveleskie, Jesse and Virgil Barnes, James and "Doc" Johnston, baseballers; Howard and Robert Kinsey, tennis players; Stanislaus and Wladek Zbyszko, wrestlers; Benjamin and Joseph Leonard, Peter and John Zivc, Thomas and Michael Gibbons, boxers...
...ground that he had not competed in enough tournaments; they expelled Dr. George King from the first ten; set in better places George M. Lott Jr., and Clarence J. Griffin. The first ten now stands: 1) William T. Tilden II, 2) Vincent Richards, 3) William M. Johnston, 4) Howard Kinsey, 5) Wallace F. Johnson, 6) Harvey Snod- grass, 7) John Hennessey, 8) Brian Norton, 9) George M. Lott Jr., 10) Clarence J. Griffin. Rules for Writers. At their meeting, the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association passed upon a rule governing the activities of tennis champions who, for one consideration...
...Lawn Tennis Association. Heading the list, for the fifth time in succession, was elongated "Will" Tilden II. William Johnston, of San Francisco, second since 1919, dropped to third place, giving way to the nimble-footed, sharp-eyed Vincent Richards of Manhattan. Others in order: Howard O. Kinsey of San Francisco, Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia, Watson M. Washburn of Manhattan, Harvey Snodgrass of Los Angeles, John Hennessey of Indianapolis...
Watson Washburn '14, for a score of years prominent in the American tennis world, is given sixth place in the national list. He leads such prominent stars as Harvey Snodgrass, Lucien E. Williams the former Yale player, and Robert Kinsey. Washburn has also shared the national doubles championship with Richard Norris Williams...