Word: willards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...coward of me. That's what they seemed to think-yes, even said. It broke my heart. I am not a coward. . . . The second reason ... is to take Harry Wills to task-in the ring-for a published statement made by him after seeing me defeat Jess Willard [1923], in which he said . . . that he could have whipped both Willard and myself in the same ring. I resent that now as I resented it when I read it. I am here to prove to Wills that he is slightly mistaken as far as whipping me is concerned. ... I know...
Early rounds were attended by heavy rain, postponements and several unforeseen results. George Lott Jr., of Chicago, national junior champion, reached the fourth round at the expense of R. Norris Williams (just elected non-playing captain of the U. S. Davis Cup team), Willard Crocker (captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team), and A. H. Chapin, hardy perennial of many title matches. John Hennessey, Indianapolis "cyclone," a player with no national ranking, whipped French Jean Borotra...
Seabright. Out of the Seabright Bowl in New Jersey, annual invitation event, popped several surprises. Nathaniel Niles of Boston upset Clarence Griffin of California and Dean Mathey of Manhattan, both "seeded" in the draw. Lucien E. Williams, droll Chicagoan, overthrew Fritz Mercur of Philadelphia, Longwood Bowl winner; Willard Crocker, Canadian Davis Cup captain; Harvey Snodgrass, of California, No. 9 in national ranking. Howard Kinsey took the finals from his fellow Californian, jaunty, courageous, diminutive William M. Johnston, No. 2 in national ranking, onetime National and World's Champion. (Johnston was not "through." He had yielded up his tonsils five...
...unconvincing shape of fat Willard Louis...
...skeleton, stripped of most of the flesh and blood wherewith Sinclair Lewis endowed him, strung about with a few chunks of cinematic laughter-bait, dangled rakishly by Director Beaumont inside the standard triangle frame. Corporeal flesh the producers could and did obtain, in the not unconvincing shape of fat Willard Louis, hitherto unknown. But of spiritual tegument the scenario had none. For obvious reasons, Tanis Judique, middle aged and harmless in the novel, was sent to the boudoir and brought out a sleek, home-wrecking creature (Carmel Myers). Mary Alden, the Babbitt wife, has played frumpy parts until they...