Word: cottone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's hopes were pinned on her aging showman Henry Cotton, now 39. He rolled up to the Royal & Ancient clubhouse as haughty and pigeon-toed as ever, in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, dressed in a salmon-pink sweater and blowsy grey trousers. As usual, he did not smile, ignored his opponents, spoke only to his plump, wealthy Argentine wife who followed him around as his official marker. He commanded the largest gallery, and treated the crowd to a three-under-par 70. Then he was whisked back to swank Rosack's Marine Hotel for a massage...
...stayed in cheaper hotels down the road, but everybody admired his arrogant showmanship. He had done more than any other man to raise the low social position of the English golf pro, who is expected to tip his hat to club members and cannot eat in club dining rooms. Cotton customarily strides into St. Andrews by the front door, tips his hat to nobody. Lessons from him, at London's Mid-Surrey Club and at Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, cost a de luxe two guineas an hour. The great Cotton wanted to win his third British Open...
...Winds. It looked as if he might. In the second round he pitched dead on the pin with perfect aim, sank 30-ft. putts, took the lead with another sub-par 70. But on the third day the winds came. Cotton had counted on St. Andrews' unpredictable gales to confound the four visiting Americans. But Cotton's own game was confounded too. The winds troubled Sammy Snead, the Virginia hillbilly with a reliable swing and an unreliable temperament; his powerful drives were swooped up by gusts and landed in the rough. When somebody told him the same thing...
...Said Cotton, who finished fourth, "We just can't get enough to eat over here for a tournament like the Open. . . ." The British, who consider him the greatest golfer ever, will still pay him another $100,000 this year for lessons, exhibitions and testimonials...
...Rise in Cotton. Cotton, which had not been under a ceiling, soared as if it had to the highest level in 23 years. On July 1, December cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange hit a high of 31.90? a lb. But two days later the market dropped, and prices were not far from where they started. Textile men talked price increases but, in general, did not make them. Reason: cotton cloth output is up 35% over the preWar average, and supply is expected to catch up to demand before the close of 1946. Price boosts may bring...