Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Tournament of Roses had its beginning in 1888 when the Valley Hunt Club gave a program of sports, races, games and displays of Spanish horsemanship. At that time sports were the predominating factor of the day, but soon the procession of flowers was instituted, and for many years the tournament has combined these two elements, the flower procession in the morning and the sports in the afternoon...
...students in the University have been privileged to attend Pasadena's great yearly festival, "The Tournament of Roses." Many do not realize the wonder and the beauty of the event at which the University football team is to take a leading part. In some respects this great "American Riviera" resembles the "Battle of Flowers" hold at Nice, France, at which many of the American soldiers were present last year...
...Tournament of Roses" truly justifies its name. For in California, while New England lies frozen and bound by Jack Frost's fetters, roses bloom and orange blossoms scent the air. Thousands of tourists go there, seeking the warmth and sunshine of the Pacific Coast...
...First Tournament...
...entire tournament is scheduled to be run off on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, it is hoped that all entrants will see Coach Anderson in the Hemenway Gymnasium before Monday in order to secure some practice before the tournament...