Word: matches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...meat show." The little Texan, not recovered from his near-fatal auto accident, was playing no tournament golf, but he was still a bad man to cross. Good-neighborliness dwindled to zero last week when Hogan demanded a look at the British team's irons before the matches-and pointed out that some of them were illegally grooved. An all-night argument over one set of British clubs was settled only five minutes before the first match teed...
...vitamins they had brought along, and something else besides, to get back in front on the next day. Snead had to fire a snappy 68 to stay abreast of Britain's little Charlie Ward for the first 18 holes; Sam finally won, 6 and 5. But the best match of all was the last and deciding one, between Mangrum and Fred Daly. Said Mangrum after 18 holes: "This Irishman is tough; I had a 65 and I'm only one up." After lunch, Mangrum fell one hole behind before the pace told on Daly, who blew...
...under a movie screen), the black-robed lawyers (who sat at a ping-pong table) and the parka-clad jury, Eeriykoot and Ishakak again explained how Nukashook had died. The defense argued that assisted suicide was merely part of the Eskimo's way of trying to "match his harsh environment." But the judge said the excuse was unacceptable. Eeriykoot was found guilty; Ishakak was acquitted...
This week, Ted strode on to the stadium court to test his new-found relaxation against the most relaxed man in big-time tennis: Pancho Gonzales, who had hammered Frankie Parker out of the tournament with his customary booming serve. On Labor Day, in a match marked by no great relaxation on either side, Pancho Gonzales beat Ted Schroeder for his second U.S. singles championship...
...decide who would be U.S. champion for 1949, the tournament came to a water-logged stop. Rain beat down on Rochester's Oak Hill course. When play was resumed, it was too dark for Ted Bishop, the 1946 champion, to complete his first-round match-and he bowed early next morning to a Denver schoolteacher named John Kraft...