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Here was a German who, far from being the ogre that war propaganda would have us believe, was a sportsman and a gentleman. He took a sporting chance to get through the blockade, and once through it he justified the chance. Not a ship did he destroy without first removing the crew and offering them the very good hospitality of his own vessel. It would be gratifying if the same praise might be said of the hospitality of his subsequent captors. His deeds of daring rival the tales of days before mud and trenches, and cast a much needed glow...
Commander Edward Breck, Former American Vice-Consul to Germany, and now President of the Anti-Steel-Trap League, made this statement, emphasizing that he was "not a sob-sister but a regular sportsman. Being a gentleman and a huntsman, to say nothing of being an officer, I feel that using a steel trap is atrocious...
Married. Julius Fleischmann, only surviving son of the late Julius Fleischmann, yeast manufacturer, sportsman (polo); to Miss Dorette Bouffleur Kruse, of Cincinnati; in Cincinnati...
...sight of land; flying 12 hours from field to field. Miss Nichols has made many flights; en route to Miami she piloted the plane for a five hour stretch. With her were Harry Rogers, President of the Rogers Air Line of Miami ; and Major M. K. Lee, business and sportsman. Said Miss Nichols: "Major Lee demonstrated his faith in my flying ability by falling asleep and remaining that way for practically the whole time I was in charge of the controls...
...Count is not only a delightful buccaneer and a great sportsman, but he also has an incredible gift of relating his own stories. He acts them out on the platform. His strength is tremendous. One evening I saw him fear up 30 New York telephone directories, ripping them right in half. To illustrate his likability I can best fell you that Mayor Rolph of San Francisco was financially interested in a cargo that Luckner sent to the bottom. He was so taken in by the Count's congenial ways that he presented him with the golden Key to the city...