Word: shanter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beard. He had a second sensation in reserve. When the yacht tied up at the Quonset (R.I.) Naval Air Base, he broke out a cap which made shoreside loiterers blink-a white creation with a wide bill and a billowy crown which flopped like a tam-o'-shanter. Thus arrayed he was driven to the Plum Beach home of his new naval aide, Captain James H. Foskett, where he contentedly attacked a heaping dinner of ham and chicken...
...first tee of Chicago's Tarn O'Shanter Country Club, golfers stood around with sour looks on their faces and red numbers on the backs of their pants. A loudspeaker blared to the grandstand: "The next hitter, from Hollywood, California, the man who plays Joe Palooka in the movies-Joe Kirkwood Junior!" Elsewhere on the course, a "Masked Marvel," a man in kilts and Joe Louis were going their rounds. This was Chicago Promoter George S. May's idea of a golf tournament. It was in violent conflict with most golfers' ideas, yet the top pros...
...Shanter Golf (Thurs. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Bill Stern describes the first day's play in the $50,000 tournament. Subsequent reports at 6:30 p.m. Friday, 4:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday...
...plane to Chicago he could neither rest nor eat. But just before reaching Chicago he got his grip back, casually mentioned that he would win his next three tournaments. He made good on that 100-to-1 shot-by adding Chicago's rich Tarn O' Shanter tournament (value, $13,462.50), the Nashville Invitation ($2,400) and the Dallas Open ($2,000) to his year's victories...
...letter carried plans for the formation of a unit under his command which was to operate behind Union lines. Mosby's Tarn O'Shanter Rebels became a bugbear to the Union, a delight to Robert E. Lee, who cited Mosby oftener than he did any other Confederate officer...