Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Walter Hagen, touring Scotland with young Densmore Shute, new British Open golf champion: three course records in three days; at Kingussie (64), Pitpochry (65), Inverness (64). ¶ Mrs. Dodge Sloane's Caesar's Ghost, shrewdly ridden by Jockey Dominick Bellizzi: the Saratoga Handicap in which Equipoise, favorite despite being assigned a weight impost of 142 lb., was scratched. ¶ William Miller, famed sculler of the Pennsylvania Athletic Club: his fourth U. S. singles championship in a row (a record); by one length over his clubmate, Al Vogt, in the challenge round of the National Association of Oarsmen...
...Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill., Mrs. Edward Foster Swift, relict of the meat packer, gave a Swift family golf tournament, for married members only. Husbands & wives played together. Play was over nine holes; each pair was allowed a handicap, combined net score only to count. Couples paid $10 to play, $20 not to play. Among the entries were the Theodore Philip Swifts, the Edward Swift Juniors, the Charles Henry Swifts. The George Swifts, the Charles Henry Swifts did not play, paid their $20 fines. Prizes were $30 in cash, a silver...
James Minotto, Arizona-ranching son-in-law, had played once prior to the tournament-the day before. He & Wife Ida May were allowed a handicap of 75. Their gross, combined nine-hole score: 161. But high net (for which there was no prize) went to Mr.& Mrs. Gordon Phelps Kelley (granddaughter) who posted a 91 after a handicap of 41. Low net went to Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Badger Henry (daughter) with a 77 after a handicap...
...Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney's five-year-old racehorse Equipoise, carrying 135 lb., at odds of 15 to 20: his fourth race in a row this year, the Arlington Handicap, with Watch Him second and Gallant Sir third; at Chicago...
...Manhattan banker. He married Lucy A. Terry, whose family, somewhere along the line, had acquired Latin blood. That accounts for the historic "John" becoming Juan (named for a beloved Aunt Juanita). Also it accounts for Juan Trippe's swarthy skin. The combination has been anything but a handicap in President Trippe's dealings with South American politicos...