Word: mercuric
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that may be, there is no question that guessing is good sport is almost any line, and it is in this general spirit that the following ranking is offered for approval. No. 1--Tilden; no. 2--Hunter; no. 3--Lott; no. 4--Doeg; no. 5--Van Ryn; no. 6--Mercur; no. 7--Allison; no. 8--Shields; no. 9--Coen; no. 10--Bell. The objections will be strongest to the last three. A good many will insist that Shields is too high, that Coen ought not be ranked, and that Mangin ought to receive consideration somewhere. And maybe they are right...
Higher up there should be less question though some might consider Mercur overrated to a certain degree. He certainly handed Allison a most artistic beating in the Nationals, and compiled an impressive record for steady good play. Some would like to see Lott above Hunter, and a good many would like to see Doeg down the list some distance, but these two seem to have earned their ranking, even if there are few who can explain it reasonably...
...were upsets. Hunter beat "Bounding Basque" Borotra, 0-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4, 6-2. Australian Jack Crawford eliminated John Van Ryn, Princeton star. Brugnon beat Dr. King who had slumped after his match with Hennessey, Disconcerted, Cochet captured three out of four listless sets from menacing Mercur...
William Tatem Tilden II can beat Fritz Mercur, onetime Longwood Bowl champion. So, too, can Helen Wills, as she did in an exhibition match last week. Yet Mercur rose to no great heights last week in the Eastern Turf championship at the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club to trounce Tilden in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Less alarming, but important, significant, was the straight-set victory (6-4, 7-5) of Berkeley Bell, of the University of Texas, over Francis T. Hunter, perennial doubles partner and intimate of Tilden...
Scott, University of Washington; Jones, Yale; Anderson, Columbia; Ingraham, Harvard; Mercur, Lehigh; White, University of Texas; Lang, Columbia; Howard, Princeton; Chandler, University of California; Bettens, University of California; Rockafelow, Colgate; Pfaffmann, Harvard; Marshall, Columbia; Briggs, Harvard; Thalheimer, University of Texas; Osgood, Dartmouth Wilson, University of Chicago; Rogers, University of Kansas; Moore, Rice Institute; Colburn, University of Pennsylvania...