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...enthralled upon the top of Moosilanke on a moon-light night or has not become a worshiper of color as he has seen the sun set from one of Hanover's hills, who has not thrilled at the whiteness of the snowclad countryside in winter or at the flaming forest colors of the fall I would insist that this man has not reached out for some of the most worth-while educational values accessible to him at Dartmouth." President Hopkins quoted in the New York Herald Tribune...
Most notable thing about the U. S. professional tournament at Forest Hills last week was the ease with which Kozeluh and Richards came through their matches to the final round. They put out well-known professionals from all parts of the U. S. as easily as these same players could defeat the women and children pupils by whom they earn their living. Even in the semifinal round neither had any trouble. Kozeluh eliminated famed chop-stroking Howard Kinsey of San Francisco, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3. Richards took Harvey Snodgrass 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Critics, believing Richards...
...Tilden II has lorded over the .U. S. tennis world pretty much to his liking for the past ten years. From time to time he has knuckled under to the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, but never has an individual player or official flouted his prestige. Last week at Forest Hills, L. I., during the national men's singles championship matches he suffered more than one setback...
...Doeg's favor, the crowd sat on the edge of their cushions at the beginning of the last set. Still quarreling with decisions, Tilden mustered all his declining strength, twice made breathless leaps for "impossible" shots that will be remembered at Forest Hills a long time. But it was strong young John Doeg who finally broke through...
...Ralph Wilder, self-made patriarch, has spent his aggressive life patching together acres of farm and forest land in upper New York State. By the time his family is grown up he owns or controls the whole Black River Valley. The local aristocracy will not accept him, but he scorns them; it is his ambition to found his own line. His sons are a disappointment: Henry, the elder, is bookish, an Abolitionist to boot. He and his father rub each other the wrong way. Bascom is almost too much like the old man for his peace of mind: many...