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...Baker had invited 58 guests-the clabbered creme of New York society-to dine with the duchess and join in the quickening whirl of a new social season. Among Mrs. Baker's glittering guests none were more striking than young William Woodward Jr., 35, the millionaire sportsman, and his wife...
Grade-School Tycoon. A hearty, glad-handing man of 61, McNamara is one of eight children of a St. Louis bricklayer. He began his business career at nine, outside Sportsman's Park, selling newspapers and score cards. He quit school at twelve, drove a team of horses for a local grocer for $4 a week and, at 21, failed at running his own grocery. In 1917 he took a job in a St. Louis store of the Kroger chain, eventually became chief trouble-shooter for the whole chain (3,174 stores). He quit to join National Tea because Kroger...
Athletic fair play cannot be attributed to this game. All is permitted, and the most brutal "footballer" is considered the most courageous sportsman. The supreme slogan of football is "Brawn over Brain". American generals such as "Pestgeneral Ridgway" and "Korea Interventionist Van Fleet" treasure the "footballer" as the best, most ruthless and compliant soldier. The question never arises for these men as to the tendency or purpose of an order. Its cold-blooded quality alone suffices for them to accomplish what ever is wanted...
...Taking time out from his racing cars, Millionaire Sportsman Briggs Cunningham, flying the burgee of the Pequot Yacht Club on his trim sloop Spindrift, won the National Atlantic Class sailing championship at the Sea Cliff (L.I.) Yacht Club. Second: Cunningham's clubmate Hoyt Perry. Third: Novelist John (The Watt) Hersey...
...uniform and joined the practice. But now Busch spends much less time with his disappointing team. Last year the Cardinals finished sixth; this year they are fighting to keep out of seventh place. After investing $7,800,000 on buying the team and improving the ballpark (changed from Sportsman's Park to Busch Stadium), Busch desperately wanted a winner. When he did not get it, out went Manager Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky, in came Manager Harry ("The Hat") Walker, a hustling player-manager from the Cardinals' Rochester farm who, Busch hoped, would give the team-and Budweiser sales...