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...their rooms (out of bounds). When Chaperone Lulu knocked on the door Walter hid under the bed. Chaperone Lulu suspected nothing, the girls kept straight faces till "one of Miss Lulu's respectable feet kicked an earthenware object under the bed. There was a musical 'ping,' immediately followed by an almost hysterical outburst on the part of the eight girls." Everything, however, remained intact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One Leg, Single Mind | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

First Night All four contestants, even the usually placid Lenz (onetime paper box manufacturer & ping pong champion) and Mrs. Culbertson, were nervous. Noises from a party next door came through the wall. Troops of inebriated bridge addicts found the Culbertson door, were prevented from entering by five porters. On the first hand, Mr. Jacoby bid three no-trump, went down one. The play continued in a manner so erratic that even novice bridge addicts detected painful foibles. On the second hand the Culbertson team bid five diamonds, went down four. The fourth hand was generally conceded to be the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bridge | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

Exhibiting a dashing type of play, an official ping-pong team easily defeated the West End Boys' club of Boston yesterday afternoon with the loss of only one match. D. M. Frame defeated Goldberg, 21-12, 21-11; H. W. Cole '82 defeated Hirsch, 21-7, 21-11; M. A. Hoffman '34 defeated Bodensky, 21-10, 21-6; G. D. Key '33 bowed to Monamen, 21-19, 18-21, 21-19; and W. C. Thompson '32 defeated Mersce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD PING-PONG TEAM DOWNS WEST END BOYS CLUB | 12/19/1931 | See Source »

...ping-pong tournament is nearing completion in the Tennis and Squash Shop. Cole is the finalist from one of the brackets, while the other finalist will be the winner of the match between Frame and either G. D. Key '33 or M. A. Hoffman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S FIRST PING-PONG TEAM SWINGS INTO ACTION | 12/18/1931 | See Source »

This afternoon at 2 o'clock four members of the University will play in what is believed to be the first prearranged ping-pong match at Harvard with an outside institution. The opposition will be a team from the West End Boy's Club of Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S FIRST PING-PONG TEAM SWINGS INTO ACTION | 12/18/1931 | See Source »

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