Word: putter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Calamity Jane" is the name of the putter that sank the putt that made the tie that let Jones win the tournament. "Jeanie Deans" is the name of the driver that hooked the drives that got into the trouble that made it necessary for "Calamity Jane" to work hard. The man who made "Jeanie Deans" played in the tournament. He, Jack White of Scotland, 56, was the oldest competitor. He started out to be a major sensation by scoring a par 72 in the first round, including a freak shot on the lyth. With 175 yards...
Joshua Crane of Brookline, Mass., used a putter with a 15-inch shaft, accurately, with only one hand...
...places which had been left disputed on the Harvard-Yale track team which will meet Oxford, and Cambridge at the Stadium on July 13 were settled in special trials on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. Uihlein, Yale freshman shot putter, put the iron ball three-quarters of an inch farther than G. W. Kuehn '32 to win a berth on the team with a toss of 43 feet 11 1-8 inches. E. E. Record '32, Harvard freshman captain, sped over the 120-yard high hurdles in 16 seconds, ahead of F. J. Mardulier '30, earning his right to compete against...
...have been hurrying his iron shots, topping drives, putting carelessly. Last week Walter Hagen played with him and said his handicap should be lowered. Explained Hagen: "He plays like a real student of the game, standing right up to the ball and hitting it squarely. He is a deliberate putter. He plays much better than I thought...
...Gorman is Yale's best shot putter, but is expecting a close fight for victory. Dopesters here pick Wolfe to win the high jump and Conner to take the hammer throw. A close contest is expected between Alcock of Harvard and Stewart of Yale for the remaining places in this latter event, however...