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Word: wightman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wimbledon, red-haired Pauline Betz of the U.S. Wightman Cup team slammed drive after drive past 23-year-old Jean Bostock, best of Britain's women players. The U.S. team did not lose a set in seven matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out Go the French | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

Alfred Wood Wightman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The University Counts Its Dead of the Second World War | 4/9/1946 | See Source »

...singles, Private Dave Freeman downed Ensign Robert Kerdasha, 7 to 5. Mrs. Hazel Wightman and Harrison Rowbotham lost to Ensign Kerdasha and Miss Katherine Winthrop, 6 to 4, in the mixed doubles, while the men's doubles gave a George Owen, Jr. and Rowbotham a victory over Freeman and Kerdasha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Stars Bring in $700 for Navy Relief | 7/20/1943 | See Source »

...Bundy become U. S. tennis queen. Daughter of beloved May Sutton, first U. S. girl to win the All-England championship at Wimbledon (1905), Dodo has a powerful forehand, like her mother's. Four years ago she was good enough to be invited to play on the international Wightman Cup team. Three years ago she won the championship of Australia. But in the national indoor final last week, Dodo Bundy was not quite good enough to beat Pauline Betz. After a tough two-hour struggle, Miss Betz won the match and title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Californicms in Florida | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

...summary: YALE G F P Cobb, r.f. 5 1 11 Ingley, l.f. 3 2 8 Zilly, cfl 6 1 13 Seelbach, r.g. 1 3 5 Wightman, r.g. 0 2 2 Anderson, l.g. 0 2 2 Vogt, 5 0 10 Totals 20 11 51 HARVARD G F P Simpson, r.f. 2 2 6 Webber, r.f. 1 1 3 Romano, l.f. 7 2 16 Scully, l.f. 0 0 0 Peabody, c. 1 0 2 Rothschild, c. 2 0 2 Janes, l.g. 1 0 2 Buckley, l.g. 4 0 8 McSweeney, r.g. 1 0 2 Finegan, r.g. 1 1 3 Totals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketballers Lose Thriller to Yale, 51-44; Team Elects Finegan as Next Year's Captain | 3/15/1941 | See Source »

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