Word: runnerups
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...everyone's surprise Mrs. William Adams of Cedarhurst put out Eleonora Sears, principally by the use of a tricky backhand shot along the side wall. Then Ruth Hall of Philadelphia, runnerup in the finals last year and sister of J. Gilbert Hall, No. 13 ranking U. S. lawn tennis player, put out Mrs. Adams, 15?4, 15?8. 18?17. She went into the finals against her 16-year-old friend Cecelia Bowes, also from Philadelphia. The first game was fairly close until Miss Hall became sure of what Cecelia Bowes was going to do in any situation...
...Arkema '29 was runnerup in the compromise race, while C. W. Ufford 3G. was second in the novice singles. W. A. Stewart 1L. followed the winner across the line in the wherry race...