Word: wimbledon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defeated Elizabeth Ryan (U. S. ranking No. 2), 6-2, 6-2. In the Kent semifinals, Miss Wills ran burly Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mailory (U. S. ranking No. 1) around the court for only 23 minutes, disposing of her, 6-0, 6-1. Next day, that skilled tactician and Wimbledon champion, Mrs. L. A. Godfree (the onetime Kitty McKane) threatened but could not conquer Miss Wills...
...handed president. Thomas Jefferson. And along about 1807 or 1808. King George, a great sport lover, got a prime minister of his named Pyle to induce several members of the Harvard and Yale crews to go over to England and now on an English crew in the championships at Wimbledon. And President Jefferson was pretty sore, too. "What is to become of amateur athletics in America if this impeachment business goes on?" he asked. And no one seemed to know. And the President got more and more provoked. "For two cents I'd declare war" he declared. some...
...doubles tournament started last week in Brookline, Mass., most observers were ready to agree that the two best doubles players in the U. S. were probably a pair of Frenchmen. There was Henri ("Ricochet") Cochet and his excitable partner, Jacques Brugnon, champions of France and winners last June at Wimbledon. There was Jean René Lacoste and Jean Borotra, the "Bounding Basque." None of the U. S. players looked very strong; William T. Tilden, of course-but then Tilden never takes doubles literally. He prefers to play with some youth who, overcome at the honor of being allied with...
...many more if, one hot day last February on the Riviera, she had drunk a glass of brandy when Mlle. Lenglen drank one, and if an attack of appendicitis had not forced her to occupy the Royal Box instead of Court No. 1 at the recent festivities at Wimbledon. For the exclamation of the Panama really punctuated a cycle...
...winter. She specialized in art courses; "Pop" Fuller had stimulated her interest in drawing; he owned some good pictures and took her every year to the exhibition of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1924 she won the U. S. national title again, but lost in the Wimbledon finals to Kathleen McKane...