Word: betting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scotti: Oh, governor, we didn't bet on horses. These racers had two legs and carried frames on their backs. Know what I mean...
...record $6 for admission, trailed golf's top stars. Perennial Tam favorite: this year's All-America Winner Lloyd Mangrum, Tam's pro (and May's pet golfer ever since Mangrum won $300 from him by shooting a birdie on a 100-to-1 bet). Other leading players: Amateur Frank Stranahan, Pros Julius Boros, Lew Worsham...
Long-Range Bet. Canadian-born John Holloway, 55, who joined Crane as an accountant in 1935, inherits a down-to-earth tradition left by Chicago's Richard Teller Crane, who founded the company in 1855. Long after he had made his fortune in fittings and valves, Crane liked to shock Chicago hostesses by booming that he was nothing but a plumber...
Underpaid. In Melbourne, Australia, in the hospital for removal of two razor blades swallowed on a bet, Seaman Albert Graham told doctors: "It was a silly thing to do for only two quid [$4.48]. It was worth at least a fiver...
...Composer Haydn, overworked and burdened with family troubles, got the notations on the last page of his score all mixed up. Later, he corrected his mistakes, wrote at the bottom of the score: "1m Schlaf geschrieben" (Written in my sleep).** Aubrey, who had outstanding breath control, once bet Violinist Harry Blech that he could sustain a note longer than Blech. Violinist Blech, drawing out one stroke as long as possible, lost to Aubrey, who held one note for 75 seconds...