Word: renee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rene Lacoste defeated Jean Borotra for the Christmas cup in covered court play offered by the Sporting Club of France, score 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2. In an interview he attributed much of his success to his American trip of last summer. Said he: "I didn't know what tennis was before I entered those American tournaments...
There was a blare of trumpets at Westbury, L. I., and John Wingate Weeks, Secretary of War, appeared before a crowd of 10,000 people. Others present were Mrs. Rene La Montagne, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, II, Major General Mason M. Patrick, Harry Payne Whitney, John S. Phipps, Brigadier General Hugh H. Drum. It was a gay assemblage, in holiday attire...
...purses aggregate $50,000; the riders will include: Mike Hastings, Pinky Gist, Yakima Canutt (half-breed; world's champion in 1921), Howard Tegland, Roy Quick, Paddy Ryan, Soapy Williams, Ike Rude, Powder River Thompson, Hugh Strickland, Mabel Strickland (world's woman champion in 1922), Bonnie McCarroll, Rene Halfley, Bonnie Gray. They pay their own way and come under the following instructions: "If you do your part, your share in the gate receipts should take care of your expenses; if you think you are good there is no excuse for your not being here; if you really are good...
...Rene Viviani, former Premier of France, fainted in court from overwork...
...scandal," concerning the fake antique Gothic statuary in American museums, is investigated by Rene Gimpel, noted French connoisseur. Gimpel says the scandal is faked but the statuary is genuine. Once more the press is hoist by its own sensation...