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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sports in general. We now have two pro tennis players who are considered to be on a par with the cream of the amateur group in Karel Kozeluh, the Czech wonder, and Vincent Richards, formerly of amateur fame in this country. These two recently engaged in a match which according to eye witnesses produced tennis of a far higher brand than the Tilden-Hunter final of the national singles championship held within the last few weeks on the same Forest Hills courts. This is of course partly explained by the equality of the two players, a factor which few will...
Play will be started promptly at 2 o'clock. Any player who is more than 20 minutes late to a match will be defaulted. Results of matches should be given to the manager...
...leadership of the Nationalist Party, youthful Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce (TIME, Sept. 23). This made necessary a General Election called for Oct. 12. Delighted with his disruptive handiwork, Billy Hughes celebrated one night last week by attending at Sydney, Australia, what he said was his first wrestling match...
Next round Nebraska retaliated, tried a painful toe-twist on Poland. Soon the match grew really ugly. Joyous wrestling fans roared encouragement to both "for-eigners," completely forgot the distinguished presence of Statesman Hughes. Suddenly they remembered with a gasp. Directly in front of the onetime Prime Minister's seat grappling Nebraska got an annihilating hold, tautened mighty muscles and hurled ponderous Poland bodily through the ropes-218 pounds of beef and bone straight at the lap of little Billy Hughes...
Died. Thomas LeBoutellier II, 51, of Manhattan, revolver champion of Europe, brother-in-law of Malcom Stevenson, international polo player; at Westbury, L. I. During the first chukker of a polo match at Meadowbrook Club, Mr. Leboutellier, stricken with heart failure, fell dying from his saddle...