Word: wagerers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Panama, he saw a "dare-devil," acting on a wager, light his cigar from a candle on the high altar of the Cathedral Church of San Juan de Dios, while 50 priests were conducting mass before 3,000 communicants. The sacrilege precipitated riots in which many persons were killed...
...team backfield has been comprised for the last three days of Cliff Wilson, Austic Harding, Frank Foley, and Ralph Pope. Offhand it appears as though this would be the quartet that would start Saturday. In fact, it appears like a good two-to-one wager...
Buder, a resident of Dunster House, said that he was pedaling to the Tiger stronghold as the result of a wager with six of his friends. The conditions of the bet are that he must arrive in Princeton in time for the kickoff of the game; that he must accept no "hitches" on the way down; that he may not leave Dunster earlier than 12:01 o'clock this morning...
...Aqueduct track on Long Island, bookmakers shuddered to hear that in one day he had won $100,000. So far no one has computed how much Rooney has lost, but he is reputed to have $100,000 of his winnings salted safely away in annuities. His smallest, typically lucky wager was $400 he won last fortnight by betting that Tommy Farr would stay 15 rounds against Joe Louis...
With a sense of humor befitting his heavy frame, Herbert Fleishhacker is today one of those unusual personalities who cause some travelers to describe San Francisco as the most cosmopolitan city in the U. S. His close cronies find amusement at his joy in a wager at golf, bridge, backgammon, dominoes, his even deeper desire to win at all of them. They have long since become accustomed to his practical jokes, are not surprised when he hands out explosive cigars, shaves during business conferences, becomes irrepressibly boisterous. And shrewd Mr. Fleishhacker now finds his name firmly imbedded in local projects...