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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Both men seemed to be enjoying their game; Kozeluh would explain "Bed lock!" to the gallery when Richards dropped a volley. His game was distinctively that of a professional; he carried his racquet awkwardly at his side, played from the base-line with, a long follow-through and a short backswing, ran for nothing which he could not get and got practically everything he tried for. His returns were never purely defensive. He coaxed Richards, the best volleyer in the world, to the net so that he could win points passing him. This week, at Forest Hills, will be played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rubber Czech | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

...some two blocks long (763 feet) and her name is Count Zeppelin, nyth rigid airship of famed Zeppelin progeny. Last week, out of her hangar at Friedrichshafen, Germany, she emerged for her maiden flight, a short one. Her pilot was her designer-Dr. Hugo Eckener. She carried a crew of 30 and Lieut. Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, U. S. Navy, lord of the Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Lazy Giants | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

...marches by the first team, both of them starting on the University 35-yard line. W. R. Harper '30 carried the ball over for the first score while David Guarnaccia '29 accounted for the second. Putnam's first try for the extra point was good but his second fell short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELEVEN RUNS WILD OVER SCRUBS 73-0 | 9/29/1928 | See Source »

...Freshman in his registration envelope, brought out that about half of the class had not yet found time to read the booklet. Of those who had read it, all were enthusiastic in their praise, especially of the article on the history of Harvard by S. E. Morison '08. The short article by W. I. Nichols '26 on Habits. Customs, and Manners of Harvard ranked second in popularity owing to its monitory and constructively critical words on Freshman taste in haberdashery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Year Men Find Morison Article in Tradition Book of Greatest Interest-Nichols' Shafts at Habits Hit Mark | 9/29/1928 | See Source »

Nationally prominent Republicans will be procured to speak at the Union, and there is a possibility that Herbert Hoover himself will come to Harvard for a short speech under the auspices of the Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD REPUBLICANS ELECT CLARK TO DIRECT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES | 9/29/1928 | See Source »

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