Word: scotts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...farmhouse near Fort Scott, Kansas, 48 years ago was born George Frederick Zook, son of Douglas and Helen Follenius Zook. In 1902 George Zook entered the University of Kansas, carrying his spare clothing in a shoe box. He worked his way through by driving a hearse. He made Phi Kappa Phi. Five years after graduating he married a classmate, Susie Gant. Specializing in modern European history, George Zook became a fellow at Kansas, an assistant at Cornell, an instructor at Pennsylvania State College, then an assistant professor, then an associate professor, then a full professor. From...
...dark mustachioed 54-year-old Scotsman, the Hon. Michael Scott, fifth son of the third Earl of Eldon, uncle of the present Earl. He had long ago won the Australian Open twice and the Australian Amateur four times, but never an important tournament in England. His scrupulously courteous self-confidence indicated that he considered this a curious oversight which deserved to be corrected...
...Scott and Dunlap-who had put out Sandy Somerville, Canadian holder of the U. S. title-played their match to the biggest gallery of the week, 3,000. Dunlap was two up at the sixth. Scott holed a fair-sized putt to win the seventh, squared the match with a smashing eagle 3 on the long eighth. At the 15th green Scott was 4 up and Dunlap was out of the tournament...
...other semifinalists were beefy Cyril Tolley, champion in 1920 and 1929. who has lately done most of his golfing in the U. S., and a capable Scotch player named Thomas Arundel Bourn, 23 years younger than Scott. When Dunlap lost, everyone knew what to expect: Tolley would beat Bourn and then take the final. Instead, playing on a course he distrusts because it imposes eccentric penalties on his long drives, Tolley lost to Bourn in a tight match, after 20 holes. Next day, Scott made matters easy by piling up a 5-hole lead in the morning. In the afternoon...
Born. To Glenna Collett Vare, five-lime national women's golf champion, and Edwin H. Vare Jr., nephew of Pennsylvania's Boss William Scott Vare; a daughter, Glenna; weight: 7 Ib.; on Mrs. Vare's 30th birthday: in Philadelphia...