Word: turf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bets can of course be made on any subject, but in England the commonest form of betting is associated with the turf. Accordingly, the proposed 5% tax on betting of all sorts included in the new Churchill budget (TIME, May 3) roused the ire of Britons last week, chiefly because it will tend to raise the price of England's most popular pasteboard commodity: a betting ticket on the Derby, Grand National or other "turf classic." Within the House of Commons, notables waxed wrathful at daring, chubby "Winnie" Churchill, Chancellor of His Majesty's Exchequer...
...second hole in the golf course at Roehampton, England, is a bad hole for golfers who do not hit a long ball. On an April day, when the turf is moist and a bright wind is blowing off the tee-flag into your nose, the second hole is not an easy hole at all. Abe Mitchell knows this. Until that hole he had been doing very well in the Roehampton invitation-the first British professional tournament of the year. Rugged and jaunty after a hibernation at St. Albans (where, under the patronage of a wealthy enthusiast, he has been pursuing...
...championship tournament of the Intercollegiate Polo Association is to be held again this year on the turf of the Westchester Biltmore Club at Rye, N. Y. The tournament will take place from June 19 to June 26. This year, in addition to the regular University team games, a new class will be organized consisting of the Freshman teams of Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, which will also compete for intercollegiate honors...
...first outdoor practice of the 1926 baseball season will be held this afternoon when the University and Freshman catchers and outfielders leave the confines of the cage for a short work-out on the Soldiers Field turf. Although much of the ground is still boggy a large enough expanse has dried up on one of the middle diamonds to make regular practice possible. The rest of the baseball squad, that is, pitchers and infielders, will not get out before the end of the week, at the earliest...
...owed to consistency. "What boots it at one gate to make defense, and at another to let in the foe?" In all probability, however, the foe would not be appreciably abetted if all gates remained unshut whereas unquestionably great benefits would accrue to now detouring student and to turf and shrubbery as well...