Word: lawns
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...officers for the coming semester are: Howard M. Lawn '34, president; Herbert W. Beaser '34, vice-president; Eliot D. Canter '35, secretary; Edward Levy '35, treasurer...
...sleep in that bed because the family had been evicted from its home. The mother told the sheriff that her child was sick. He said to her: "I'm not here to nurse your god-damned kids.' " That morning on the White House lawn the President had addressed the same conference, convened to launch the drive for next winter's private relief. He told no stories. His eyes blinking in the dazzling sunlight, he said: "We have had a great many examples of late of areas in this country which have not done their share...
...same way, it is neither a relic nor a copy but a standard product of Alexander Racquet Co. of Launceton, Tasmania. Flat-topped racquets remained popular in Australia long after they had gone out of fashion elsewhere, partly because famed Norman Brookes, who became head of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association after he retired from active tournament competition, continued to prefer them. Australia's Adrian Quist and Donald Turnbull used the same kind. Unlike U. S. players who have their bats strung, with gut so fine that it never lasts more than one day, often less than...
...Davis Cup back to Australia had something to do with the tour that gave Crawford and his confreres a chance to play at home against Vines, Gledhill. Van Ryn and Allison last winter. As good-humored as Brookes is taciturn, Crawford commented chipperly when Editor Wallis Merrihew of American Lawn Tennis asked him last spring whether he expected the Davis Cup to go back to the U. S.: "I expect the Davis Cup will go back to Americawhen we take it there on our way to Australia." If Vines and Crawford play each other in the final...
...after a disappointing season in which he lost two matches in the Davis Cup series as well as the Wimbledon final, last week started to defend his U. S. doubles championship under an additional burden of worry about his amateur standing. After two weeks of consideration, the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association finally decided that while he might have been guilty of thinking about becoming a professional, Vines had never definitely promised to do so, hence remained amateur. Still possessed of the best first serve and the hardest forehand drive in tennis, Vines last week showed signs of having closed...