Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best played and most spectacular matches of the season the University tennis team was defeated yesterday by the strong Providence Tennis Club septet 6-4. Numbering in their team such well-known players as William T. Tilden 2d, who is second in the national ranking list, and is one of the four players on the American Davis Cup team, Arnold Jones Jr. and E. T. Curley, Rhode Island State Champion, the visitors presented a formidable aggregation...
After this matter is voted upon, the Class Treasurer, R. E. Larsen, will read his report of the class finances for the year. President Wendell Davis will then give a short talk on matters of interest to the class. Two spectacular and sensational movies will next be shown, Charles Ray in "The Egg-Crate Wallop," and a rapid Mack Sennett comedy, entitled "Salome vs. Shenandoah...
...tennis team yesterday afternoon humbled the Pennsylvania sextet by the score of seven matches to two, losing one doubles contest. Though finally ending in defeat for the Crimson, the match between Captain G. W. Helm '20 and Fischer was one of the most closely contested of the season. Another spectacular encounter was furnished by L. A. de Turenne '21 and Goldsborough, the opposing captain, the match finishing after three sets in victory for the former. The other singles matches were generally walkaways for the Crimson...
Even without these men the meet promises to be exceptionally close and will undoubtedly furnish many spectacular races. In the century lash, E. O. Gourdin '21, R. Chute '22, P. C. Pearson, Occ., and L. B. Sanderson '20 are entered against Hayes, King and Bossort of the Tech team, the last of whom ran a close second to Gourdin in the 40-yard dash in the dual winter meet...
...planned by the association. The fact the colleges were unable to secure planes, led them to apply to the government. After considerable consultation with the authorities at Washington, it was considered advisable to hold a contest which would test the proficiency of the fliers more effectively than the more spectacular cross-country race. The College Flying Day, which is much more interesting to spectators, combines the thrills of the long race with a policy of "Safety First...