Word: wizardly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tennis fans who have been arguing for a long time as to the relative merits of various professional and amateur players. Those who champion the cause of Karel Kozeluh, king of the professional world, will have an opportunity to see if their choice really is better than Henri Cochet, wizard of the amateur courts, or if, as many will loudly protest, the latter is in a class by himself...
...Buyer, Hamilton as General Factotum. Jay, who resembles his father but is more businesslike, was a real water baby. He ran passengers in his father's launch before he was old enough to start the engine; his aquatic stunts earned him the title of "the baby water wizard." As Gar Wood's mechanic he won many a race in boats built by his father.* Chris-Crafts tenders are popular among yachtsmen (General Motors' Alfred Pritchard Sloan recently bought one for his new yacht, the René) because the hardware and woodwork of each one is contrived...
...many months the Eastern consolidation struggle has resembled a chess tournament in which a master plays several opponents simultaneously. Shrewd, lean, aggressive William Wallace Atterbury of the Pennsylvania is the chess wizard. Three boards confront him. Behind one sits quiet-voiced Patrick Edward Crowley of the New York Central; behind the second sits energetic Daniel Willard of the B. & O.; behind the third sit the chubby brothers Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen. On each of the three Boards a different consolidation game is being played. Last week two bold moves were made on the Van Sweringen board. Master...
...generator the little doctor had made. Nervous, most of them looked away again. They knew what they were there for. The doctor was to create an indoor thunderstorm, destroy a miniature village with a million horsepower of artificial lightning. Suppose, thought the spectators, the sardonic-looking wizard should go suddenly mad! Suppose he should turn his electrical fury...
Featured were oldtime Hippodrome names and numbers, including: Comedian De Wolf Hopper (appearing as wizard, interlocutor, Mephistopheles, Chinese Mage); Tramp-Comedian Joe Jackson and his disintegrating bicycle; ballets (Tiller, Rasch, Lenora) ; clowns, skaters, dogs, an elephant. Many of the tunes were written by Bandman Sousa, including the blaring, brassy march " 'Tis the Eagle...