Word: tennist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Divorced. William du Pont Jr., 46, banker-sportsman member of the Wilmington Du Ponts; from Jean Austin du Pont, his wife for 22 years; for cruelty; in Reno. Brushing aside questions about whether he meant to marry Tennist Alice Marble, Banker du Pont rushed to pack his bags, fly to see his Fairy Chant lose the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap...
Engaged. Dorothy B. Andrus, granddaughter of the late, subway-riding "Millionaire Straphanger" John E. Andrus, and Wightman Cup tennist, who married her first husband three times in a year, in 1933 divorced him; and Charles E. Voorhees, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature; in Philadelphia...
...last fight, many a boxer has turned barkeep. Joe Madden, onetime lightweight, is probably the only ex-pug who can trace his clicking cash register to his ability to write rather than fight. One night last week 500 of Madden's loyal customers jammed his Manhattan-cafe. Tennist Alice Marble sang, Sportswriter Richards Vidmer helped wait on table. They rang up $1,500 in his cash register-not for Joe Madden but for New York City's needy kids...
Divorced. Fred Perry, pipesmoking British tennist; by Cinemactress Helen Vinson; after four years of marriage; in Los Angeles, Calif. Charged Actress Vinson: "He would argue loudly, slam doors . . . throw the furniture about . . . until 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning...
Married. Sarah Palfrey, 27, 3rd ranking U. S. woman tennist; and Elwood Cooke, 26, 6th ranking U. S. tennist, of Portland, Ore.; she for the second time, he for the first; in Manhattan...