Word: bracket
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eleven taxpayers had incomes of five million or more per year- seven in New York, one each in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin. By some twist the Michigan Fords, Henry and Edsel, dropped out of the topmost income bracket. Possible explanation: reduced income due to bringing out Model...
...class B. Kirke Bryan 1L defeated H. P. Vincent 3G in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Before gaining the final bracket, Bryan overcame W. H. Fort, Jr. '30, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; F. M. Watkins '30, 6-4, 8-6; J. B. Walker '33, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; R. M. Brown '33, 6-2, 6-0; and J. B. Applebaum...
...feature match of the Annual Fall Tennis tournament was played Saturday when R. A. Murphy '33, seeded number four, conquered D. M. Frame '32, captain of last year's Freshman team and seeded number seven. Murphy yesterday reached the finals by overcoming A. N. Wilder 1G. In the upper bracket of class A. J. K. Peterson II, will meet W. L. Breese '31, seeded number three in the quarter finals this afternoon, while Harris Coggeshall 1L, seeded number one opposes J. L. Ware '30, number six, this afternoon in the other quarter final...
Meantime, in the other bracket, came an upsetter in the person of brown, brawny Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, eight times National Champion. Seeming to forget her years, but not her craft, Mrs. Mallory stepped briskly to the court, flashed her teeth, stamped her feet, theatrically eliminated England's No. 1 player, bouncing Betty Nuthall, 6-3, 6-3. Thus she flouted a Wills-Nuthall semifinal, long anticipated. Thus she herself gained the privilege of playing Champion Wills. That privilege, however, lasted only 20 minutes, with the grim Californian giving her not a game...
...broke down, pushed his car the last mile, finished among the leaders, was disqualified. In 1925 Harry Hartz finished fourth, having driven the last half of the race with his car's frame sprung out of line, the front axle bent, the steering post torn loose from its bracket, a film of oil squirting in his face...