Word: nilsen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nielsen: see also Neilsen, Neilsen, Nielson, Nilsen, Nilsen, Nilsen...
...command of the Ross was Captain Oscar Nilsen, who began his whaling under the man who saved the industry from extinction. Modern whaling dates back to Christmas Eve, 1904, when Captain Carl Anton Larsen of Sandefjord, Norway, brought the first whale oil of the season into Grytviken, a bleak whaling station on the Island of South Georgia east of Cape Horn. Captain Larsen, already an oldster in the trade, realized that whaling was doomed unless new grounds were discovered. The Arctic, hunted for centuries, was nearing exhaustion. With great difficulty he raised enough capital for an expedition to the Weddell...
...finally in an intersectional series between winners from the East and West. Wee Willie McLean's team, Western winner this year, is composed entirely of professionals who play to advertise the Stix, Baer & Fuller Department Store of St. Louis. Five of the men on it-McNab, McPherson, Gonsalves, Nilsen, Watson-used to play for Fall River; McLean played for the Chicago Bricklayers two years ago. The New York Americans are a very different sort of organization. They are largely owned & operated by Erno Schwarcz, Manhattan broker, who coaches the team, captains it, plays outside right forward. Mr. Schwarcz...
...Americans evened the score with a fluky goal before the half was out but McLean got one more chance to break the tie. When there were only seven minutes left to play, he sent in a corner kick, low and wide, to his centre, Werner ("Scotty") Nilsen. Nilsen received the pass on his broad Norwegian skull, gave it a resounding butt. The ball sailed past Chesney's long arm for the goal that ended the game, 2 to 1, gave the Westerners...