Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minor sport is unjust. All the team's opponents, except Cornell, have soccer as a major sport. Yet if the H.A.A. wishes to be consistent, it can not make soccer major without also elevating cross country. As long as both sports demand a similar amount of time, skill, and hard work from players, their status should be the same...
Wielding a checkbook instead of a racket, John Albert Kramer promotes professional tennis with the same drive and skill that once made him a champion. In recent years Promoter Kramer has used his checkbook to buy the services of many a top amateur star, and has repeatedly riddled amateur ranks and Davis Cup hopes. Last week Jack Kramer signed top U.S. Amateur Tony Trabert, 25, to a pro contract. He was also bidding strongly to get the Australian stars, Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, into the pro ranks...
...candid awe of the recent Russian farm delegation indicated, the U.S. need have no doubts about the skill of its agricultural production. Housing is another matter. For two decades before the end of World War II, the U.S. fell behind badly. Since then, a housing boom has gone far to close the gap, but whether its quality matches its quantity is still questionable. Last week a visit by ten top Russian housing administrators provided some interesting insights...
...Eyes Are Better. As N.A.H.B.'s President Earl Smith proudly showed the Russians his plush new Washington headquarters, Kozuilia gave more evidence of his skill at oneupmanship. Learning that Smith sometimes spends twelve hours a day in the modernistic office, the Russian said: "The Soviets believe that when you sit in your office it is less profitable than when you spend time outside on the building projects." Replied Smith: "Oh, but I keep in touch by using the telephone. I'm on the phone a great deal." Sternly, Kozuilia ployed: "The phone is all right, but the eyes...
...Playing one of their rare night games, in sultry 80° Florida weather, Notre Dame blanked Miami University 14-0. Irish Quarterback Paul Hornung, a running star in earlier games this season, turned on his passing skill, firing the forwards that scored both Notre Dame touchdowns...