Word: round
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since it has been customary in past years for the foreign Davis Cup teams to enter one or more of their players in the United States National Championships, which follows a few days after the Davis Cup Challenge Round, it is reasonable to assume that a similar procedure will be adopted this year...
...round, steel tennis-racket...
From the viewpoint of championship fighting the exhibition was a failure. It proved that Floyd Johnson lacks a punch. In the ninth round Willard dropped his gloves and allowed Johnson to pound his jaw with everything he had. When the desperate blows bounded harmlessly from the old man's head the truth was out. Johnson can never be a champion...
Every prominent amateur golfer in America with three exceptions sailed in quest of the British amateur championship at Deal. Francis Ouimet survived to the round before the semifinal to be extinguished, as the last spark of the American hope, by Roger Wethered. The latter won the title with consistent play in the preliminary rounds and supreme brilliance in the finals...
...steel tennis racket has been supplanted by the racket with a perfectly round face as the novelty of the tennis world. The invention is credited to William A. Larned, for many years National Champion. It is said that the new device marks an important step in racket construction due to the absolutely even tension on all strings which results. Experts have tried out the new racket and claim that accuracy and steadiness, particularly in difficult half-volleys and pickups, are more easily attainable...