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...Bernard Ralph Maybeck, 95, pioneer modern architect, "grandfather of the California style," designer of the Palace of Fine Arts for San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition; in Berkeley, Calif. Some 5 ft. small, his head ever topped, outdoors or in, with a knitted tam-o'-shanter, his gnomelike beard imitating Santa Claus, Maybeck was one of the first to design walls of glass, one of the first practitioners of "open planning" to allow for expansion, invented (in 1890s) the kitchen-dining-living-room combination...
...Cambridge, and he has been collecting them ever since. A convert to Catholicism (1908), he edited the prestigious Catholic quarterly Dublin Review for nearly a decade, now, at 72, cuts a glorious Irish swath through London on his visits, tricked out in mutton-chop whiskers, cockaded tam-o'-shanter, green kilt and dagger in the stocking. He pursues his ghosts with gusto that may well alarm the shyer shades, as well as some readers. To those who are under the impression that the church forbids traffic in ghosts, he explains that the prohibition is against calling them...
...greatest woman athlete, Babe Didrikson dabbled expertly in most sports she did not star in (including boxing, football, swimming, pool, tennis), matured from a pugnacious girl into a talented housewife who could design her own clothes, won several golf tournaments (1954 Women's Open, Tarn O'Shanter) after being stricken with cancer...
...Chicago, Bob Toski, 27, hard-hitting, 127-lb. pro from Livingston, N.J., shot a steady 14-under-par for a null total of 274 to win the Tam O'Shanter World Championship of Golf and a first prize worth $100,000 in cash and exhibition fees. Tied for second, just one stroke and $90,000 behind: Texan Earl Stewart and New Yorker Jack Burke...
...been acclaimed Golfer of the Year twice; he has picked up titles in Panama, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina. He has played for bus fare in local Chamber of Commerce matches and for five figures in the big, well-promoted, postwar tournaments (e.g., the Tarn O'Shanter, the Palm Beach Round Robin...