Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week a Mrs. F. Perry of Brooklyn, N. Y., had good reason to be vexed at herself after permitting a strange man who said his name was "J. C. Cadr" to swindle her in this manner from Asbury Park, N. J. after she had lost and advertised for a $2,000 platinum brooch...
...amateur when he accepts a position which is connected, even indirectly, with his skill or fame as a golfer. Francis Ouimet was barred from amateur tournaments of the U. S. Golf Association in 1916 when he became a partner in a sporting goods store. George Von Elm lost his standing in 1922 for practically the same reason. Both were later reinstated...
...quickly stepped to the front as a great defensive artist. In 1914 he won the world's lightweight title from Willie Ritchie. His best year was 1916 when he defeated Benny Leonard, Ritchie, Mitchell, Ever Hammer, Ad Wolgast, Charlie White. In 1917 he experienced his only knockout, lost the championship to Leonard...
...title of Colonel, as did Col. Edward M. House, from an appointment to the staff of the Governor of Texas. He has lost one leg; the other is slightly rheumatic?so he rides about in an electric car over the seven miles of paved roads on his estate. A genial squire and patron, he keeps 300 employees, has 32 residences for them...
...Lost 18 pounds during a championship at Oakmont...