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Among his fellow newspapermen, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Royal Brougham, 71, has an understandable reputation as an oddball. Who ever heard of a sportswriter teaching Sunday school? More incredible, who ever heard of a sportswriter who does not swear, smoke or drink? And who ever heard of a sportswriter who gives money away...
Last week Royal Brougham did just that. With no fanfare, he announced that he would donate $250,000, the bulk of his personal fortune, to set up a charitable foundation that will help send needy kids to school and college...
...giving another $150,000 to his married daughter. If it seemed strange for a sportswriter to have that kind of bankroll, Brougham was the first to ad mit that it came as a surprise...
Homespun Doggerel. When his friend and predecessor as editor of the Post-Intelligencer sports page, Portus Baxter, retired back in 1920, Brougham made a point of visiting him regularly. He boosted Baxter's spirits by persuading the paper to pay him a small amount as a consultant. Baxter never forgot the favor. When he died 42 years later, he left Brougham a $300,000 estate that no one knew existed...
...Brougham's staff pretended to be outraged. One reporter traipsed around with a sign taped to his back: "Millions for charity, but not a dime for sports-writers." Brougham obviously thinks sportswriters need none. "It will be a challenge to be sort of poor again," he said. "It will keep a guy humble...