Word: willowes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...company of dolls will take the boards in Boston tonight to enact the Boston Symphony Orchestra at its busiest, Jonah and the Whale at the height of their disagreement with one another, willow trees which go democratic and grow bananas, and stories of Chinese mandarins and their lovely, distressed daughters...
...magic carpet ends Devereux Milburn, grey veteran of every International match since 1909, U. S. captain. Opposite were Major Austin H. Williams, Capt. C. T. I. Roark and Capt. Claude E. Pert, British No. 1, unconventionally drawn back a little to get a swifter rush when the white willow ball, tossed between the teams, began the play. Behind, Major Eric G. Atkinson guarding the far goal posts...
Major Atkinson's wand worked one through for Britain; and again Hitchcock swept in to score. As the fourth period opened, this same Hitchcock drew back his wand with headstrong determination and struck the willow ball. It rose like a golf ball for a midiron over the heads of the players, bounced, bounded through the posts over 100 yards away. Webb scored, Hitchcock scored, Milburn (against whose play at back the British at tack had foamed and fallen like a wave) scored twice; Hitchcock scored, Webb scored twice; Roark scored a second goal for Britain. Webb scored; Pert scored...
...lampoon hit the ball squarely and sometimes beyond home plate, the fielding, though ragged in spots, was on the whole determined and vigorous, but nothing could stop the sheer power of the CRIMSON willow wielders--willow wielders who felt that they were being cheated of their rightful score their tradition bound prerogative...
...veteran Crimson nine found the offerings of D. MacDonald, who toiled on the hill for the Terriers, no mystery, and nicked his delivery for twelve hits, including doubles by Tobin and Henry Chauncey '28, who were the outstanding performers with the willow for the University. Coach F. G. Mitchell's charges displayed a faculty of consistent hitting, ten of their hits being bunched in the four innings in which they chalked up scores. The total of 12 Harvard players left on bases gives a hint of the fury with which they assaulted MacDonald's offerings, and loose fielding...