Word: round
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...four men in the semi-finals two were Columbia Grammar entries, one came from Loomis and the fourth from St. Georges. Cox, the St. Georges semi-finalist won his way into the next to last round by defeating Ashley Thorndike of Exeter, 7-5, 6-3, and Shields of Columbia Grammar topped Halloway of Exeter, 14-112, 6-4 to make his way into the quartet...
Thomas went down before the Columbia Grammar school juggernaut in the fourth round, defeated by Seligson, who had just disposed of Ingraham, the Exeter expert. Turner, highly touted Newtonian went down before Cox in the fourth round...
...even likely that Mr. Pinchot got some normally Wet votes among the miners. The factors which tend to emphasize the Wetness of Vare's victory are that in Philadelphia 14 of the 15 silk-stocking wards, which ordinarily the local machine is sure to find opposing it, turned round and voted for Mr. Vare, and that in the whole state, despite the opposition of nearly every newspaper, despite the fact that the Philadelphia machine has little power outside its bailiwick, there were enough votes to give Vare a handsome plurality. It does not seem that Mr. Vare could possibly have...
...first round will begin at 9.30 o'clock Saturday morning on Jarvis Field and the process of elimination will go on all day. It is hoped that all the preliminary rounds will be played off Saturday, leaving Monday free for the semi-finals and finals...
...athletes who will round out half a century of competition this year will be struggling to surpass records which in many instances are world marks. Yet a glance through the early summaries reveals that the improvement has been slow and sure and the gradual increase in speed and distance makes one wonder just what marks can be reached by competitors...