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SPORTS ARTIST CARICATURES
DEPICTING FRANK WYKOFF & OTHER ATHLETES
Section 2: USA 1928 Olympic Team off To Amsterdam
Major Reese, Cartoonist - Good Luck, Frank
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"Good Luck Frank ...
Take 'Keer' of Yourself"
Major Reese drew the cartoon to the left highlighting America's star
sprinter, Frank Wykoff aboard the SS President Roosevelt
steamship en-route to the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam.
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Webb Smith's ... 1 - "Pre-Olympic
Days In Amsterdam"
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" --
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Tatted Tulips on Track Uniforms
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" -- 3
Dutch Windmills
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" -- 4
Wykoff is Dutch
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" -- 5
Excitement & Frolic
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" -- 6
Stowaways Found
"Pre-Olympic Days In Amsterdam" - 7
Men Overboard
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Tatted Tulip
Dutch Windmills
Wykoff is Dutch?
Frolic on Ship
Three Stowaways
Men Overboard |
Pre-Olympic Days
In Amsterdam - 7
Webb Smith, Cartoonist
7 - The
U.S.A. team had $25,000 each in "play money" that was given to them to
play in mock gambling tournaments aboard the S.S. Roosevelt while
en-route to Amsterdam; and after the boat was anchored, a few
athletes decided to play a practical joke on the Amsterdam locals who
were visiting by throwing what appeared to be real money overboard.
The gullible locals jumped overboard to retrieve the money that
wasn't real after-all.
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Uncle Sam - What Went Wrong?
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USA Olympic Results
What Went Wrong?
Uncle Sam confused about the lack of individual Olympic Gold Medals in
Amsterdam by 1928 USA sprinters. |
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