Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-05-04
RICH MEMS SONS
SHIN: IN SPORT
MiIIi0naiTeS Win HOnOTs In
Various Strenuous PastimeS.
GOULD GETS WORLDS TITLE
Young Jay In Glass by Himself as
Court Tennis Player, Williams Star
In Lawn Tennis, Marston In Golf.
Topping, Astor and Fields Are Others.

With fat bank rolls and nothing par
ticular to do som of many of our most
voting themselves to the business of
winning sporting titles. And they are
making good. 1t is getting to be al
most a regular thing for one to pick
up newspapers and see the Goulls.
WanamakcrS, Marshall Fields, .Astors
and l~'leiSchmanns taking conspicuous
places in the sporting news.
These srions Of wealthy families
don't so in for what are known as
the tame games. They prefer moro
action and paStimcs Which require
sporting blood" the sensation of a
ninety mile an hour jaunt through the
clouds in al %Aeroplanc, the oXllilara-
ton OF Il thrilling polo match or the
skill and stamina one must bring into
play i'll a hard tennis sct-to.
These moncycd youths-many of
them could write their own checks for
- ~ w lii'iIllA StlIolIS iIlDtlJ
their sport prospects. They have Civ
Ell up the idea of competing in games
just TO amusc q society gallery and are
now keen about winning titles for
their trophy rooms.
Heading the list of these young mil
lionaire sport champions Jay
Gould, SON of George Could, the rail
l,poj nllplpta \n,,nr law ,,,..,,,o,
that rare distinction of bcin" a worlds
champion in court tennis. With all
the expensive sports open to him. JAY
Gould some years ago decided on
court tennis. ut the Gould mansion
i'll Lakewood. \. j., the future worlds
title holder learned his ann from the
ground UP. For two years he prac-
ticcd With Il private tutor. When he
was ready TO make his public debut
young &onIl had low opponents %
fear. and Ne went through them With
express speed. In ne time he won the
American title. Then he sent "A chat
leIl@e abroad, and England replied
With George i. Convey, the greatest
pro star in the game. Convey ana
Gould met at the Philadelphia Racket
club on March 10, lG1i. Gould won
scycn sets 10 one.
y mention OF the country's best ten
mis- players would not be complctn
without l.. Norris Williams, who comes
from an Immensely wealthy phila-
dcIphiH family. When but cighteeen
years old Williams made" the Amer
lean team that invaded England in
1913 and returned with the historic
cup. The following wear Williams de-
fcntcd Maurice Mclaughlin for the
American championship at Newport.
which was one of the biggest sur
prlscs the games has ever known.
Williams lost his title to William
Johnston last year. Now he's getting
ready to %recapturc his honors.
George Church, d strong contender
for national tennis titles this season, is
another youngster who'll never need
to worry about the wolf coming near
his door. Church captured the inter
collegiate title in 1914. when he repre-
scn1ed Princeton.
Golf can easily supply its share of
millionaire competitors, with Maxwell
r. Marston heading the list. He now
holds the New Jersey state title. Then
there's Henry Topping, who was re-
Gently presented with a 100000 Fifth
avenue CNcw York; mansion. Top
ping accompanied Travers. Ouimet.
Evans and IIerrcshoff TO England in
1914 and went further in the English
championship than either Travers or
Ouimct. In the same year Topping
was runner up for the French title at
La Boulio.
Polo especially appeals to the young
millionaire sportsmcn. Marshall Field
Sd of the famous Chicago dry goods
family cut a wide swath in polo circles
in the south with his fearless riding.
There's siXtccn-ycar-old Rodney Wan
amakcr, whose sensational playing at
pinehurst, \. c.. has already stamped
the Philadelphia youth as a future
candidate for the international four.
The same is true of Thomas Hitch,
cock, whose father is a celebrated
horseman. Young Hitchcock, like
Rodney Wanamakcr. has shown his
fitness for being regarded as future in.
ternatiOnal material.
Automobile racing can show it's mum
bcr of m~illionaires. Grover Bergdoll
son Of a wealthy Philadelphia brewer
not only races, but makes his own
cars. The BergdOll Special, which he
always drives in a big race, he made
himself. One Of the youngest present
day pilots is Caleb Bragg, a wealthy
Californian. who is one of the %cleverest
drivers in the race.
One Of the latest recruits to aeria
sport is Vincent Astor. The younl
heir to the Astor millions owns two OF
the fastest %hydroplanes in the United
States, which he delights to pilot a
his Rhinecliff On. " estate on the
Hudson.
In the west there is Max Fleisch
mann, who already Is a licensed avia
tor. n of the few society pilots II
this country. Young ~Fleischmann ha.
h{o pmr hopUorp onH anWovIoro, 3,o