Word: turnly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...golf, finishing the round in 74, within two strokes of the amateur record for the course, and 6 up on bogey. White was off his game on the first nine holes, often slicing his drives into the rough ground, misjudging approach shots, and putting poorly. He improved at the turn, however, coming home in 39, but was unable to cut down Ingalls' lead, as the latter continued his faultless game, making the last nine holes...
...Ellis bringing out the lower scoring. White played the more consistent game, was surer on his approaches, and putted particularly well. The match between Ingalls and Hollins was more exciting, however, for neither was more than 2 up at any time, and Ingalls was 1 down at the turn...
...second half a length behind. From this point the first crew lacked power and a strong drive and hurried the recover. The positions of the boats remained practically unchanged to the finish, the third crew crossing the line a few feet ahead of the first, which was in turn about half a length ahead of the second. All three crews rowed about twenty-eight strokes to the minute...
...system, by which fifty-six hands of duplicate whist will be played, twenty-eight boards in the afternoon and twenty-eight in the evening. Under this system the schedule is so arranged that each man will play a round of four boards with each member of his team, in turn, as his partner. After each round the score will be computed...
...sliding forward. Partly as the cause and partly as the result of this method, was developed a hurried, laborious, jarring, recovery. The new stroke, it is hoped, will avoid these drawbacks by means of a recovery in which hands, body, and slide all shoot forward, approach full reach, and turn back as nearly in unison as possible, the body reaching forward a little farther than formerly and finishing only slightly back of the perpendicular. A generally simpler, easier, and more deliberate recovery is the expected result. The body, moving forward upon the knees, acts as a spring gradually to hold...