Word: mcgrath
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...England's Davis Cup tennis team (Perry, Austin, Lee, Hughes): the European zone finals, by healing the Australian team 3-to-2 (Crawford, McGrath, Quist, Turnbull) at Wimbledon. England. This week in Paris the English team meets the U. S. team in the interzone finals. ¶Ben Jeby: a 15-round fight with Young Terry of Trenton, N. J., in which Jeby was defending his world's middleweight championship; in Newark. ¶Inlander, owned by socialite Mrs. Dodge Sloane of Manhattan: the Arlington Classic, in which he muddily spattered up from fourth place in the stretch, to finish...
Bunny Austin of England, playing in flannel shorts and white socks, beat Keith Gledhill in three sets. Vivian McGrath of Australia who holds his racket with both hands for backhands, surprised his Davis Cup teammates by losing to Harry Lee of England. Ellsworth Vines twisted his ankle but proved it was nothing serious by making short work of little Ryusaka Miki of Japan. Next day Lester Stoefen of Texas and George Patrick Hughes of Ireland defeated Lee and Clifford Sutter, respectively. Little Henri Cochet. who had been riding a bicycle to harden his leg muscles, did amazingly well...
Among the invited guests, in addition to the members of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers, and the recipients of honorary degrees, were Governor Joseph B. Ely, Lieutenant-Governor Gaspar G. Bacon '08, Mayor R. M. Russel '16, of Cambridge, and Acting Mayor Joseph McGrath, of Boston. Others present included the Hon. Robert Luce '82, representative in Congress from the ninth district; Judge J. M. Morton, Jr. '91, of the United States First Circuit Court, and president of the Harvard Alumni Association; and Judge W. C. Wait '82, of the Massachusetts Supreme Court...
Hereafter the winner each year in addition to having his name inscribed on the permanent cup will be presented with a silver baseball. The award for the year 1932 was made to Charles Devens '32. Other recent winners were F. H. McGrath '31 in 1931 and P. R. Tickner...
Best description of Freak McGrath's technique, written before he had really proved his capabilities beyond winning the under-21 championship of Australia without losing a set, was published last spring in American Lawn Tennis. Excerpts...