Word: pinging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ping pong, with 119 entries, is the most popular of the four activities, with bridge, chess and billiards following in that order. The contests will be run on the elimination basis, with the draw cards for the first round matches scheduled to be posted late today. It is expected that the tournaments will be concluded early in March...
Over 100 Freshmen have entered the four championship tournaments in ping pong, billiards, bridge and chess. These contests, the first of their kind in recent Freshman history, are being sponsored by the Union Committee...
...Ping Pong Most Popular...
...they could legally raid the quarters of a suspect. The Attorney General said no. Regardless, they appealed to the police chief of Chapel Hill, got a warrant, staged a night raid on the apartment of tall, slight Douglas Cartland, graduate in the class of 1934, Phi Beta Kappa, potent ping pong player. Caught with evidence of his work, Cartland typed out a confession, reeled off a list of his clients. Brilliant, with a phenomenal memory, Cartland had supported himself and widowed mother through his cheating service. With the aid of pass keys and confederates he had pirated many an examination...
...meeting last night the Committee also decided to hold a series of tournaments to determine the Freshman champion in billiards, ping-pong, bridge, and chess. Entry lists for these tournaments are posted at the Union, and entries may be made until Monday night...