Lawrence Knapp
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Laurence "Larry" A. Knapp (May 30, 1905 – November 8, 1976) was an American
field hockey
player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
and 1936 Berlin, Germany
.
He was born in Garden City, South Dakota
as Laury Knapp, and died in Washington, D. C.
In 1932 he was a member of the American field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward.
Four years later he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance. He played one match as forward.
As a young attorney in New York City, he played and practiced with team members in Rye, N.Y. For both Olympic games, the team members had to pay for equipment and passage to Los Angeles and to Germany. He observed that the Germans (Nazis) were quite agitated by the performance of the American blacks who won many medals instead of the natives. Mr. Knapp said that the Indians and Pakistanis were robust and troublesome to beat at the game. Before he died, he expressed a sadness that the sport was no longer admired as it once was and eliminated from the Olympic lineup of more glamorous components.
When he moved to Washington, D.C., from New York, he was recruited by the Roosevelt Administration into the Department of Labor for purpose of prosecuting Ford Motor Company, in Detroit. Ford was employing "strike breakers" to intimidate employees and to discourage collective bargaining. In 1976, Mr. Knapp had changed his perspective on the overall effects of unionization. It was his opinion, based upon years of practice as an administrative law judge for the NLRB, that unions had far exceeded the beneficial intentions upon which they were conceived. He said that unions had perpetrated greed, a sense of entitlement and a straglehold upon industry, especially the American autobile manufacturers to whom he originally brought suit, and won, back in 1939. He went on to say that the union excesses had created an artificial burden on the consumer who is forced to pay more for each product without receiving any additional benefit for the additional, artificial cost the unions imposed.
In 1940, He married Kortryc Collier, a beauty originally from Cardiff, Wales. Kortryc had been a risk taking adventurer. As a young woman, she made her way to central Europe, spending much time in Scandinavia, including Lappland, skiing and working. In the mid 1930s, she visited Germany where Hitler and the Nazis had gained considerable power. She found the evolving social conditions there deplorable and fearsome, so she departed Europe for Canada. In Canada, she worked at a winter resort owned by a White (Tzarist) Russian with whom she bagan a romance. After about a year, she married him, the Marquis d'Albizi and became the Marquesa d'Albizi. The Marquis, as it turned out, was obsessed with Kortryc and, besides physical abuse, would lock her in her apartments, accessible to him, only. Kortryc escaped with the help of a resort guest, Barbara Korff, with whom she travelled to Washington, D.C. in the late 1930s. Mrs. Korff gave Kortryc employment as the friend and caregiver for Mrs. Korff's aging mother. Barbara Korff was fluent with Washington society, the likes of Abe Fortas, Fritz Eichholz and Alfred and Jeannie Friendly. Eventually Mrs. Korff introduced Kortryc to her friends, one of which was Larry Knapp, a newly established member of what was considered the upper crust of D.C. at that time. Larry's legal accomplishments and his participation in the most recent Olympic matches made him a person of interest. Larry began dating Kortryc until marrying her a brief time later.
Their marriage became extremely rocky. Even while dating, there were signs of incompatibility. Their friends warned them both not to marry, but neither took heed.
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field hockey
Field hockey
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player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
and 1936 Berlin, Germany
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was born in Garden City, South Dakota
Garden City, South Dakota
Garden City is a town in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 53 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....
as Laury Knapp, and died in Washington, D. C.
In 1932 he was a member of the American field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward.
Four years later he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance. He played one match as forward.
As a young attorney in New York City, he played and practiced with team members in Rye, N.Y. For both Olympic games, the team members had to pay for equipment and passage to Los Angeles and to Germany. He observed that the Germans (Nazis) were quite agitated by the performance of the American blacks who won many medals instead of the natives. Mr. Knapp said that the Indians and Pakistanis were robust and troublesome to beat at the game. Before he died, he expressed a sadness that the sport was no longer admired as it once was and eliminated from the Olympic lineup of more glamorous components.
When he moved to Washington, D.C., from New York, he was recruited by the Roosevelt Administration into the Department of Labor for purpose of prosecuting Ford Motor Company, in Detroit. Ford was employing "strike breakers" to intimidate employees and to discourage collective bargaining. In 1976, Mr. Knapp had changed his perspective on the overall effects of unionization. It was his opinion, based upon years of practice as an administrative law judge for the NLRB, that unions had far exceeded the beneficial intentions upon which they were conceived. He said that unions had perpetrated greed, a sense of entitlement and a straglehold upon industry, especially the American autobile manufacturers to whom he originally brought suit, and won, back in 1939. He went on to say that the union excesses had created an artificial burden on the consumer who is forced to pay more for each product without receiving any additional benefit for the additional, artificial cost the unions imposed.
In 1940, He married Kortryc Collier, a beauty originally from Cardiff, Wales. Kortryc had been a risk taking adventurer. As a young woman, she made her way to central Europe, spending much time in Scandinavia, including Lappland, skiing and working. In the mid 1930s, she visited Germany where Hitler and the Nazis had gained considerable power. She found the evolving social conditions there deplorable and fearsome, so she departed Europe for Canada. In Canada, she worked at a winter resort owned by a White (Tzarist) Russian with whom she bagan a romance. After about a year, she married him, the Marquis d'Albizi and became the Marquesa d'Albizi. The Marquis, as it turned out, was obsessed with Kortryc and, besides physical abuse, would lock her in her apartments, accessible to him, only. Kortryc escaped with the help of a resort guest, Barbara Korff, with whom she travelled to Washington, D.C. in the late 1930s. Mrs. Korff gave Kortryc employment as the friend and caregiver for Mrs. Korff's aging mother. Barbara Korff was fluent with Washington society, the likes of Abe Fortas, Fritz Eichholz and Alfred and Jeannie Friendly. Eventually Mrs. Korff introduced Kortryc to her friends, one of which was Larry Knapp, a newly established member of what was considered the upper crust of D.C. at that time. Larry's legal accomplishments and his participation in the most recent Olympic matches made him a person of interest. Larry began dating Kortryc until marrying her a brief time later.
Their marriage became extremely rocky. Even while dating, there were signs of incompatibility. Their friends warned them both not to marry, but neither took heed.