Word: sportsmans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harry, the prince found waiting to testify for Mrs. Vanderbilt her two sisters. Lady Furness and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw. Last to arrive, while Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney was winding up her case for the custody of her niece Gloria and her fortune, was ruddy Captain Jefferson Davis Cohn, British sportsman-adventurer. Said Captain Cohn, as he went in to kiss Mrs. Vanderbilt's hand: "It is all so un-English...
...Sportsman Pilot New York City...
...nightmares of Devil's Island, afflicted with gland trouble and nearly blind, the central figure in the most famed of France's causes célebrès was passing his 75th birthday. For the running of the Langollen National Steeplechase on his Upperville, Va. estate, young Sportsman John Hay ("Jock") Whitney flew down from Manhattan in his new plane. Few feet above the landing field the motor stalled. The plane struck a ditch, nosed over, bumped owner and pilot into unconsciousness. With a black eye and six strips of plaster on his face, Sportsman Whitney went...
...Jerome Dean was such a celebrity that when he was pitching the team's advertisements said: "Dizzy Dean in person." Brother Paul Dean three weeks ago pitched the National League's first no-hit game in five years. A third brother Elmer ("Goober") Dean sold peanuts in St. Louis Sportsman's Park until Mrs. Jerome Dean made him stop because she felt that it lessened the dignity of her husband...
...Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7--Strike up the band down in Smith County, Tennessee. Stand up and cheer, you 283 citizens of the little hamlet of Gordonsville...