Word: test
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...another worshipper of this ancient and honorable custom is gained. Intellectual weaklings grow hirsute and become mental Sampsons! If anyone still doubts the effectiveness of this superstition and fetish worship, let him read Professor Tozzer's new book. Let him test it as other religions are often tested: by popularity, and by pragmatism. Professor Tozzer's interesting chapter shows that the whole college world practices it today and that its adherents are satisfied of its effectiveness...
...thousand miles over the sea on a strip of coconut matting 22 yards long was being played a test* match between England and Australia. The scene was set upon a sward near Adelaide, South Australia; and in the presence of thousands of people England was making her stand with the bat against the fast balls and ready hands of the Australians. Every movement of the 22 players was sent slithering through the ether to the isles of Britain...
...five test matches, Australia had won two. These were the crucial innings. Australia had knocked up 739 runs, England 728, and the last man was in. A run was hit, off sped the batsmen along the pitch-too late! An alert "Kangaroo" had shot the ball into the wicket keeper's gloved hands and a fraction of a second later the ball flew off the stumps just a fraction of a second before the English batsman could shove his bat over the "popping crease" (batting line). England was beaten. Loud cheers and glad faces in Australia. Silence and long...
...Test matches are so-called because they imply a superiority test between the two sides The term seems to have been used first in 1880 when the first Australian team
Coach Wachter has been working on this new line-up all week in an effort to bolster the attack and perfect the passing game which has been weak so far this season. The game today will be the second and crucial test of the ability of the team to break through their opponent's defense, with the new forward line in action...