New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1930, Page 3

Mrs. Tommy Armour’s Latest Legal Eagle After the Golf Hero Settled Four of His Ex-Wife’s Sizzling Suits--- Another Sent Him Into the Z P "»W s self. He quiet- lydivorced Consuelo in Mexico, and A LOVING KISS She Lost the Affection of Her Golfer Husband, but This Photo Plainly Shows That Mrs. Tommy Armour (the First) Finds More Than Solace in the Love Ty U OO IR A O A B A O IAA 4 2 X © A il e £ { N N N N N N N . N : N N N N N N N : { § § i N N N N g N . . A RARIAR O AR RS B . Ly gnd?” L rrrrrrrry I IV ! s Z s Wit st NI RSN LA e AN cavomiamd STYMIED—TEMPORARILY Long Drive Makes Tommy Armour Smile. But This Photograph Was Taken Before He Found Himself Far, Far Away from the Cup of Peace 3 and Happiness. OMMY ARMOUR, the former American open golf champion and hero of many tournaments, found himself in the rough recently. It wasn’t on one of those exclusive golf courses where he usually plays be- fore huge galleries. It was in the law courts, and the score against him’ was five down and only one to go. The first time he was driven off the fairway was several years ago when a Scotch lassie sued him and won $10,- 000 for breach of promise. Then his first wife, the former Consuelo Car- reras, Cuban beauty, scored an “Eagle” by filing four different suits against him all in one stroke. Those suits were settled out of court. In between times Tommy succeeded in putting over a few good shots him- then married the beautiful and wealthy Mr Dstelle Andrews, former Washing- ton, D. C., society leader and widow of Ben Andrews, the iron magnate. But recently Tommy found himself faced with the hardest and most unusual test of his career. The final cup of peace seemed just ahead, when his first wife, completely ignoring that Mexican divorce, suddenly filed suit for divorce in the New York Supreme Court—naming his second wife as co- respondent. Thus Tommy gave evidence that while he can stay on the fairway of regulation golf courses, he’s pretty much of a duffer in trying to keep out of the lie, y’s handicaps began early in his career. While fighting during the war he lost his left eye. But he went ahead with his golf, and slowly emerged to a place of high rank among the professional golfers of England and the United States. It was during the British Open less than ten years ago that he met lovely Mary Young, a Scotch girl. The rumor at the time that she was above par with Tommy and vice versa, Then along came Consuelo Carreras. Consuelo, the dark Cuban beauty, had just arrived in London from Mex- of Her Son, Tommy, Junior. ico. There, according to her own admi: and Armour’s ments later in court, she had been the com- mon-law wife of the extremely rich Rafael de Arocena. Fol- lowing the Mexican’s death, C brought suit for portion of h reputed to be worth $15,000,000. Be- fore the case was adjudicated she went abroad—and met Tommy. Their romance was swift and they were married. Then Mary Young stymicd Tommy’s peace and happiness by filing her breach of promise suit, which she won. Tommy, of course, had to pay out the $10,000 judgment. The Armours had a son, Tommy, Junior, now seven years old. Tommy, Senior, continued to elimb high in hi: profession, the climax of which was reached when he captured the Ameri- can Open Golf Championship in 1927. Later he won the Western open title. But as the years passed the A mours seemed to bound into marital traps and bun] For suddenly and quictly two years ago Tommy packed up his sticks and went to Mexico, where he secured a quick divorce, much to the surprise of Consuelo. Then he followed through by mar- rying the beautiful Mrs. Estel Left of the Picture. “THE BIG SHOT” This Group Photograph, Which Appeared in the May, 1929, |, Issue of the American Golfer Was Entered in the Complaint of the First Mrs. Armour in Her Separation Suit Against the Famous Golfer. Tommy Armour Is Seen with Mrs. Bobby Cruickshank, Wife of Another Noted Links Expert, at the The Woman with Her Back to Camera Is Mrs. Armour No. 2. drews. For a time thereafter Tommy seemed to be on the fairway of hap- piness. Certainly everything seemed Golf ubs throughout the country were bidding for his services. When he wasn’t teaching famous men how to swing a niblick, he was making sensational drives and putts at big tournament: But his wife, Consuelo, was not willing to give up so easily. For Tommy Armour found himself well off the fairway one day when she went into court, and with one long legal swing ran four up on the famous golfer and his second wife. serene, t, she filed suit for separation, declaring that Tommy’s Mexican di- vorce was illegal. Second, she sued Mrs. Armour No. 2 for $500,000 for alienation of affec- tions. She charged that the second Mrs. Armour traveled about the coun- t ith the golfer. , she demanded from Tommy $170,000, which she claimed she loaned him from her personal fortune during his lean day this con- nection, de- clared © Consuclo, Tommy had little money except what she gave him to advance himself in the gentle art of socking and sinking golf into their proper places. In addition, she said that when they separated, Tommy had promised to send her $200 month- ly out of his estimated carnings of more than $15,000 a year. ally, she sued for an injunction restraining M No. 2 from using the Armou allowing her son by previous mar- riage to enjoy the name of Thar Ar- mour, Jr. A few weeks later Tommy settled the four suits with his first wife out of court. The amount of settlement was not divulged. All that was known was that Tommy had filed a stipula- tion to discontinue the suits in Su- preme Court. He went back to his golf and his second wife, when WHADM! the balls Armour name or FIVE SUITS Lovely Mrs. Consuelo Carreras Armour, First Wife of Tommy the Golfer. Course, but Led Four Up and One to Go in She Lost on the Marital the Law Courts. Without even hollering “Fore!” Mrs Armour the first let loose with a long drive by filing suit for divorce. She refused to admit that she had been di- v ed from Tommy, in spite of his Mexican trip. She even refused to recognize Mrs. Armour the second as his wife, She named as the co- respondent, charging at she and Tommy had “lived together” in the Hotel Commodore for the past year or more. And that's how Tommy came to find himself “in the rough.” iHow the Hungry Forest Wolves Ended a Ferocious Battle Between Two Angry Elk‘ Their Antlers Hopelessly Locked the Stags Were Easy Prey for the Vici By HARRY L. REICHENBACH. N Arctic wind whipped the world X into a frozen waste. The forest turned into a azed mass and furred animals seemed ck shelter from the cruel blasts. ;nds and rivers congealed into so! bhons of ice. The withering finger )f Labrador was reaching down into he Maine woods, blighting everything 5 it pointed its way southward. From a clump of brush a giant elk ntered the clearing followed by a young cow. The pair were seeking hanging foliage. They were hun- gr It was the beginning of the long, hard fight against the snows and frosts. Then, from the other side of the clear- ing came another great elk. With ears thrown back and head raised in a token of defiance, he approached the couple, now in the clearing centre, and made an overture toward the doe. It was a challenge that was not to go un- answered, Immediately the other elk made a “The two beasts rusher at each other and were nextricably locked. Pushing and pulling, they seemed powerless to loosen the antlers. Slowly night crept up, but still they waged their battle.” antlers, spreading more than from tip to tip, came togethe h crash that was heard above the winds. They stood locked for an instant and backed away. They eyed each other for the fraction of moment and again charged. It was to be a battle to the death. This time the larger, weighing more than half a ton, forced the other, slightly smaller, back on its haunches. It regained its posi- tion by a tremendous heave and for ~ HIS is the tenth of a series of articles by Harry L. Reichen- bach, jungle prominent publicist. nature lover, explorer and New York He has pen- etrated the jungles of Asia, and Africa. an instant scemed to be lowering its head for a death thru However, the heavier animal par- ried and again the strong antlers were locked. Shoving, pushing, for an ad- vantage, they tore about the clearing. Small saplings were uprooted or broken off, bark was chiseled off trees by the lightning-like thrusts of the antlers. Again and again they unlocked horns long enough to make simultaneous charges and each time they broke even. Each time their antlers met and they locked together as though in mighty vises. Suddenly the smaller beast leaped aside, unlocking his antle In an in- stant he brought his sharp, spreading, bone-like antlers up in a quick move- ment, tearing the larger beast’s flank. Swinging about and thrusting his head up and down with incredible speed, the larger animal returned thrust for thrust. Soon a gaping wound ap- peared in the other elk’s shoulder. Coypright, 1830, International Featurs Service, lno., Great Britain Bights Reseried. South America A WOODLAND TRAGEDY These Two Stags, Locked in a Death Grapple, Were Found Long After Their Fatal Fight Near Bear Mountain, New York State. Their Battle Was Similar to That Described in the Accompanying Article—but with a Different Ending. Tiffre was a pausc. The two beasts were tired. For a few mo- ments they stood facing ch other. Then once more they rushed, and this time there was a grinding crash as the stags came together. The two giant beasts were inextricably locked. Push- ing and pulling, they scemed powerless to loosen the antlers. Slowly night crept up, but still they waged their cruel fight. Far in the distance was a faint howl, but the beasts paid no attention to it. Night grew apace. Darkness fell over the silent forests. The faint howls gained in force and ominous intens On and on the two monster quad- rupeds struggled and closer and closer came the howls. They were the sin- ister, blood-chilling calls of the hungry wolf. A great pack was closing in on the battling elks. Y As the moon rose over the horizon, and the wind sighed through the stif- fened branches, the pack drew nearer and nearer. Yet ever the two beasts pushed and pulled, Ever their un- ceasing” effort to unlock antlers and inue the fued her they were unaware or courageously defiant of the oncoming pack of wolves. Suddenly from the brush came the full ery of the scavengers of the Arc- tic-like night. They surrounded the two battling stags. Yet the latter con- tinued to ignore them in their struggle for victory. If they realized that horrid death awaited them, and that I olves were to be their exe- hey seemed not to care They fought on. wolves leaped upon the saries. It was a s made the ost of it. The stags were unable to put up a fight in defense of this com- mon enemy. Their cries mingled with the vicious howls of the wolves until last there was silence. Before the cold grey sun winked over the tree tops, the skeletons of the two courageous beasts stood, just as they had died. They were stripped of every atom of flesh. 2 i %, AU R RPN N IR I RN I OO N BB NI A A A A I I A i il BN P Y,