Word: pyles
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...himself to a literary tradition by announcing last week that his forthcoming book, Meanwhile, would carry illustrations executed by H. G. Wells. Some other writers who have made money with books illustrated by themselves have been Milt Gross, William Makepeace Thackeray, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ernest Thompson Seton, Howard Pyle...
...Pyle spectacle...
Northerners suggested that George L. ("Tex") Rickard and Charles C. Pyle found a university, hire a Manhattan hotel, rent the Yankee Stadium for the "big" games...
Such was the spectacle which Charles C. Pyle, spectacular sport promoter, announced last week he would try to conduct early in 1928. He went as far as actually posting $25,000 for the winner, promised to collect cash for nine more prizes from cities along the route. The route, obviously, will be determined by the highest bids. The winner will have to average 32 miles a day, estimated Mr. Pyle. The race, said he, was inspired by an Arab messenger (unnamed), who ran 90 miles during the Riff uprising. Anyone of any color, amateur or professional, may enter Mr. Pyle...
William T. ("Big Bill") Tilden II, onetime (1920-25) world tennis champion: "Suzanne Lenglen, 'Pavlova of tennis', barnstorming the South in Promoter C. C. Pyle's professional tennis troupe, last week said to Atlanta, Ga. newsgatherers: Tilden has passed the peak. From now on I think his game will go down rather than up. . . He is a wonderful player . . . but the fire is dying down...