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...without exception and the nearest thing to a surprise was when Mrs. Hill put out Maureen Orcutt in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal Miss Collett had her first real competition, but made it easy by winning the first three holes and outdriving Helen Hicks, said to be the longest-hitting woman alive. Miss Van Wie put out Mrs. Hill by being the steadier in a match in which neither was very steady. In the final, with a great crowd billowing over the course, Miss Van Wie played good golf all through, good enough to win if Miss Collett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Los Angeles | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

...could then fill out the applications and mail them to the B. A. A., later going to the office, receiving his tickets and paying for them at that time. The curse of the present system is the fact that men are filling in application blanks (by far the longest proceeding), buying coupon books and paying for tickets all at once, in the same room, and over the same counter. If some of these functions could be taken care of by the registration envelope method it would do much toward ridding the B. A. A. office of the Beething crowd which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POUR LE SPORT | 10/17/1930 | See Source »

...from Ogden to Omaha, longest stretch of the train's run to Chicago, it is Union Pacific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Mast | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...House member with the longest consecutive service?31 years?is Iowa's Representative Gilbert N. Haugen, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Makings of the 72nd (Cont.) | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

...Brooklyn "Robins" (National League): 11 straight games (longest winning streak this season in either league); putting them in first place, six points ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and ten points ahead of the Chicago Cubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won Sep. 22, 1930 | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

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