Word: barone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...London sports shop, turned seriously to tennis, which he had taught himself on a public court in London by hitting a ball against a wall. By the time the six months were over, he had won a minor tournament at Chiswick Park, trounced Italy's No. 1, Baron Morpurgo, at Wimbledon, been selected for England's Davis Cup team, and defeated Jack Crawford in their first meeting at Bournemouth. That autumn Perry toured the U. S. and South America with a British team, winning the Argentina championship. The next year he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, defeated Sidney Wood...
Frederick William Rolfe ("Baron Corvo") belongs with those eccentrics of literature whose books are caviar to the general. He experimented with words of his own concoction long before Joyce. His tales bear the stamp of strange originality. His life was that of a would-be priest, painter, novelist, historian, outcast, ascetic, sensualist, madman...
...Nevertheless there were those who believed in him. He was given another chance and sent to Rome to study for the priesthood in Scots College. Dismissed after five months for "lack of Vocation'' and as a general nuisance, Rolfe returned to England claiming he had acquired the title of "Baron Corvo." Throughout his life he remained a Catholic zealot, thought of himself as the one true Catholic, believed the Church and its modern priesthood were conspiring against him. He found "the Faith comfortable and the Faithful intolerable." Biographer Symons calls his failure to make the priesthood the first step...
...Baroness Giacoma Giorgio Levi, born Maud Rosenbaum, is the daughter of Chicago Grainman Emanuel S. Rosenbaum. She married her Italian Baron, a polo-player, in 1927, divorced him last winter. Spectators were not surprised to see Baroness Levi at Forest Hills last week. She is No. 7 in U. S. ranking, a ubiquitous match player. They were surprised to see her execute the most dignified fall of the week in her match with Betty Nuthall of England, even more surprised when she defeated England's one-time No. 1 player, 6-4, 6-4. Against tall, statuesque Dorothy Andrus...
...Sopwith's first wife, a daughter of the 8th Baron Ruthven, died. The present Mrs. Sopwith, whom he married two years ago, is an expert deep-sea fisherwoman, last year caught a 640-lb. tuna in British waters after a 6-hour struggle. As enthusiastic about sailing as her husband, Mrs. Sopwith will be the first woman ever to help man a boat in an America's Cup race. Her job will be time keeper. At the start, with a stopwatch in each hand, she will let her husband know how many seconds he has before Endeavour can cross...