Word: netting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kunkel's effort to take the offensive from the net was speedily squelched by Briggs' well-placed drives down the side lines. The former was thus forced to resort to a backcourt game, which is not his strongest style of play...
...Jackson Cup by T. Harada Sp., champion of Japan in three straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Although neither of the contestants were up to their usual form, the match was very fast and brilliant in spots. Wheeler tried to take the offensive from the net, but was forced to resort to different tactics when his nimble opponent succeeded time after time in passing him by well-placed drives down the side lines. Harada has now won the right to play in the final round of the Tournament on Tuesday at 2 o'clock...
...Utah (Democrats). They invited Secretary Mellon to confer with them. He came and promised every assistance, promised that their examiners and agents should be given access to the hitherto confidential income tax reports. He was given an extensive questionnaire calling for detailed information about practically all returns of net income over $100,000 from 1916 to 1920, inclusive. It will take several weeks to gather this information from the files, and for agents of the committee to make their examinations. Meanwhile the committee adjourned subject to call. Its members will be pretty well occupied with political matters until election time...
WEST VIRGINIA produces annually about $931,387,000. Of course that is not actual net income. As figures, they are misleading, but by matching them with such figures from other states and dividing by population...
...great Anzacs battered down three little Japs at Providence, R. I., won the final of the American Zone Davis Cup play. Gerald L. Patterson won first for Australia by tantalizing Zenzo Shimizu with neat chops, then opening up his driving play and net smashes. Pat O'Hara Wood went five lively sets but finally pinned down slippery, stinging Sunao Okamoto. Wood and Patterson wore out Okamoto and Takeichi Harada in three tense sets of doubles. In two superfluous singles matches, Wood put by Shimizu, Patterson toyed with Okamoto...