Word: 36th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Trans-Mississippi (amateur). At Omaha, Trans-Mississippi Champion James Manion, St. Louis, teed his ball on the first tee at the Omaha Field Club. His fellow townsman, Don Anderson, had played him to a standstill, all square in 18 holes. James Manion knocked this 19th drive clean into 36th Street, out of bounds. There went his title. Clarence Wolfe, another St. Louisan, subdued Anderson that afternoon, 2 and 1. In the final, Wolfe broke the course record with a 70. His opponent, Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa, la., promptly countered with a 69, but lost to a fighting finish. Champion Wolfe...
...they said: "She has a great heart." That was the way it was. The schools let out, the shipyards closed, the people swarmed to see. Miss Leitch let down first under the annoyance of unruly spectators, came grimly back from 2 down at the 34th to square at the 36th hole. Her second on the 37th was a hook, her third too delicate, her putt too great to sink. Meantime, Miss Wethered arched two shots true to the green, putted firmly past the hole as a sound golfer does, putted exactly back to its center as only a champion...
...Spain exercises over a strip of the northern coastline of Morocco, known as the Spanish zone, a Protectorate in the name of Sultan Mulai Yusef 17th of his dynasty. 36th lineal descendant of Ali, the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law He is known to his subjects as Aimr-el-Mumemn, meaning Prince of True : Believers...
...31st tee, Seckel led 4 up. Goldy-haired Johnston then squinted more keenly at the holes, won five in a row with deadly accuracy. Dormy-down, Seckel planned his 45-foot putt in the 36th hole for a birdie 3. Scornful of worm casts and slippery undulations, Johnston quashed that feat with a 35-footer to the back of the cup. For him the mirage had materialized...
...Manhattan, thousands of Moose strolled about the island, in and out of Carnegie Hall particularly. They were holding their 36th annual Convention. Fifty "beautiful lady Moose" called on Acting Mayor Collins of New York with the compliments of 50 Mayors...