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Perhaps it’s appropriate that Schuyler Mann carry the torch for Harvard catchers—launched by James Tyng, the Crimson backstop who wore the world’s first catcher’s mask...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2005: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

Senior blueliner Holley Tyng (1 g, 5 a) will be the Providence anchor in the defensive zone. But the real quagmire for the Friars is the race to replace DeCosta. Crystal Nicholas, a transfer from national champion Minnesota, highly touted rookie Amy Quinlan and junior Brigid Keady all will compete to be the Providence netminder...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rival Dartmouth Gets Nod in Preseason Predictions | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

DIED. LILA HOTZ LUCE TYNG, 100, first wife of Henry Luce, founder of TIME magazine; in Gladstone, N.J. A philanthropist and volunteer for numerous New York and New Jersey cultural institutions, Tyng was married to Luce from 1923 to 1935 and had two sons with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 12, 1999 | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Electrical expert Charles W. Oliphant '41 built the transmitter, while William W. Tyng '41 did the paperwork and fundraising. Lawrence P. Lader '41, the station's programming director, recalls that Oliphant's transmitter was "only five or 10 watts--just enough to send it through the pipes...

Author: By Paull E. Hejinian, | Title: On the Air And Under The Ground | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...turns out, Tyng was involved in a precedent-setting event in golf as well as in baseball. In the 1898 U.S. Amateur, Tyng, who was known for his volatile temperament, was purposely kept waiting for over an hour on the first tee by his opponent, a chap named Foxhall Keene. Tyng predictably lost the match and ever since, players who arrive late for their matches are disqualified...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: How Harvard Invented the Tools of Ignorance | 4/24/1979 | See Source »

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