Word: pong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fair-haireds?Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr., John Hope Doeg and George Martin Lott Jr.?beat Bell, Francis Xavier Shields and John Van Ryn, respectively. The only dark-haired player in the semi-finals was also the only Englishman in the tournament, Frederick J. Perry, onetime ping-pong champion and No. 2 singles player on the British Davis Cup team. His semi-final match with Vines was generally regarded as the one which would decide the championship. Vines won, after losing the first two sets and breaking two rackets with a smash that is now considered the fastest shot...
...lanky youth who often plays in a broad white linen cap. he uses a slice serve, an Eastern grip for his smooth flat drives. Perry played brilliantly at Wimbledon, polished off his reputation in the Davis Cup matches by beating Sidney Wood and later Jean Borotra. Onetime ping-pong player, Perry learned his tennis on London public courts, considers travel the best way to improve it. In last week's doubles, Vines was paired with Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, national intercollegiate champion. Perry with George Patrick Hughes, his doubles partner on the British Davis Cup team. Defending champions...
...have become acquainted with the intricacies of changing back and forth from day light to standard time. The Seniors without examinations are leading an envious life. The radio keeps going all day and time spent waiting for the wind to abate is always spent in playing ping pong or salvo...
...Williams & Cunnyngham agency, Chicago. The four Brothers Maxwell have a standing challenge to any other foursome of one family, or any foursome of the publishing business. Life's Clair Maxwell has a strong personal opinion of the new ball. He calls it a cross between a ping-pong globule and a Mexican jumping bean...
...Federal officers raided it, arrested the proprietress and three bartenders. Visitors to her Mecca of Merriment last week saw Miss Livingstone in a black dress dotted with symbolic sunflowers, saw also a large house, three of whose floors are occupied respectively by dancehall and stage, salon and bar, ping-pong and Tom Thumb golf rooms. Specially designed murals of toping fauns and bare-breasted ladies had been installed. Cabaret entertainment, dancing and games were provided without cover charge. Payment for refreshments were arranged, as in her "former place," by selling books of $1 tickets, one (or more) to be torn...