Word: matching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What if a wight named Tell should win a shooting match? Or one called Nero should give violin concerts? Or some Greek christened Achilles die of blood poisoning in the heel? Almost as fine a day for lovers of coincidence occurred one day last week, when The New York Times headlined: DR. JOHNSON TO EDIT DICTIONARY, referring to crisp, diffident Dr. Allen Johnson* of Yale University and the Dictionary of American Biography, the production of which the Times has underwritten (TIME, Dec. 22, THE PRESS...
Through the match play, the veteran Mitchell lasted splendidly until he ran against spry young Archie Compston of Manchester in the lucrative final. From 5 down, Compston crept back to 2 down, 1 down, 1 up, and the gold...
...handsome figure. Burdened with business and a family, Robert A. Gardner, National Amateur Golf Champion in 1909 and 1915, is little heard of these days in the wider golfing circles. Last week, at his home club, Onwentsia (Lake Forest, Ill.) he clenched his putter firmly, ended a sweltering match with a 35-ft. putt that beat Tom Frainey, Chicago public-links player, 3 and 2 for the Chicago District Championship, held, last year as well, by Gardner...
...Americans were eliminated in the singles until only Casey and Hennessey were left. Finally Casey fell before Rene La Coste, the 1924 French Davis Cup player. J. O. Anderson, the Australian veteran, was twice driven to exert himself; once was within a point of losing his match...
...best drawing card of the early rounds was in the women's singles-Miss Ryan against Miss Lenglen. Miss Ryan began with agility, won two games, almost won the third, and then weakened, lost, lost, lost, 12 games straight-and the match...