Word: grandstand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make it not only the most elaborate racing plant in the U. S. but also ideally suited for classic distance races like the Belmont Stakes (1½ miles), Jockey Club Gold Cup (2 miles), Lawrence Realization (if miles). But, because of its vastness, Belmont has long been unpopular with grandstand spectators, who rarely see anything but the stretch run of the shorter-races. Even Turf & Field Club patrons, who have followed races through binoculars ever since they could hist a pair, are hard put to it to distinguish jockeys' silks over the landscape gardening in the infield...
...Manhattan, Peter Sabbatino, counsel for Fritz Kuhn, on trial for stealing money from his German-American Bund, made a grandstand play by telling newspapermen he would like an all-Jewish jury. Said he with a straight face: "Jews have been persecuted for centuries; they know what persecution is and are tolerant." The jury: Gentiles 12, Jews...
...Cross (economics 1A): "Grandstand lecturer; lots of talk but facts creep...
...Harry Bridges is deported after a grandstand trial which may last two months, the final decision will rest, not with Examiner Landis or Immigration Commissioner James Houghteling or a board of review, but with another lady: Frances Perkins, who some Congressmen think should be impeached for not sending Bridges away long...
...graciously shook hands with young Dahlgren after the game, but the only Yankee who dared try to console him was Pitcher Lefty Gomez. "Hell, Lou." said Lefty, "it took 15 years to get you out of the game; sometimes I'm out in 15 minutes." In the grandstand, viewing all this, was Wally Pipp, now a Grand Rapids (Mich.) businessman. "I know just how he feels," said Mr. Pipp...