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...Southern Colonies from Centre almost did it again, bowing by a 9-6 score to the always powerful, not always so alert Army team. Only 5,000 people turned out to watch what was expected to be a Cadet walkaway, but the Academy eleven booted away countless scoring opportunities in one of its poorest showings in recent years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...last week, instead of a Charlie Chaplin walkaway for 21-year-old Bobby Riggs, U. S. No. 1, the tournament for the Men's Singles became a three-front battle between Riggs and the two top-ranking Australians : young, ambidextrous John Bromwich (whom Riggs had 1-2-3'd on the first day of the Davis Cup matches) and seasoned, smart Adrian Quist (who had beaten Riggs on the last day of the matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Australian Invasion | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...disinfected show opened last week in the brick-&-cement International Amphitheatre at Chicago's Union Stock Yards, Farmer Pierce was again on hand. Watching his best beef cattle collect only three prizes (a 4th, a 5th, a 13th), he mused sadly that Advance had won in "an easy walkaway" against heavier, higher, bigger and older animals. Then he waited, with the other cattle-conscious spectators squeezed into the Amphitheatre, for a decision on the championship his steer once held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pure Filet Mignon | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...going became tough for Tradition in the plans for the Calvert family of Los Angeles (income $3,000 to $4,000), for whom Modernist William Wilson Wurster's graceful patio house out-pointed Traditionalist H. Roy Kelley's "California Colonial." A walkaway for the moderns was provided by Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis (income $5,000 to $6,000), which reduced the merit of Royal Barry Wills's design to that of a safe investment. For the Smiths of Wyncote, Pa. (income $10,000 to $12,000), Aymar Embury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Side by Side | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

...easy walkaway that rowing sages expected. A reshuffled Lion crew with 18-year-old Henry Wheeler at stroke staged a magnificent, high-count drive which took the Chace boat by surprise and forced them into a stiff battle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Concludes Sprint Season With Win Over Lions | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

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