Jay Gould II

Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an Americanreal tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnateJay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and theOlympic gold medalist (London, 1908, then under the namejeu de paume).^[1] He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906 to 1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in WorldWar I).^[2] During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein.^[3] The court built for him by his father at the family'sGeorgian Court estate was restored in 2005. JayGould II is the great-great-uncle of US Olympic cyclistGeorgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.

Jay Gould II

Born	(1888-09-01)September 1, 1888 New York City, US
Died	January 26, 1935(1935-01-26) (aged 46) Margaretville, New York, US
Alma mater	Columbia College
Occupation	Tennis player
Spouse	Anne Douglass Graham
Children	Jay Gould III
Parent(s)	George Jay Gould Edith Kingdon
Relatives	Jay Gould (grandfather)

Olympic medal record
Men'sjeu de paume
Representingthe United States
	1908 London	Individual

Biography

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He was born on September 1, 1888, toGeorge Jay Gould. He was educated atColumbia College and was a member of the class of 1911. He was already a national and world champion incourt tennis as a freshman at Columbia.^[4]^[5] He also played squash for theColumbia University Club of New York.^[6]^[7]

Marriage and children

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He married Anne Douglass Graham, a cousin ofPrincess Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa and a granddaughter of a Hawaiian chiefess, and had the following children:^[8]

Eleanor Gould, born January 31, 1912, who married successively William N.Haskill III and Ludlow W. Stephens.^[9]
Anne Douglass Gould, (March 5, 1913 to April 4, 1962). She married and divorced Frank Spencer J. Meador, Herman H. Elsbury, Gus Wagoner, Ezra Wogoman, and Donald Valentine.
Jay Gould III (May 13, 1920 – May 11, 1987). He was alieutenant in theU.S. Army duringWorld War II. He marriedJennifer Beryl Bruce, the daughter ofNigel Bruce, in 1944 and divorced in 1946.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] He next married Blair Roemer Stevens on November 27, 1948.^[14] Gould married a third time on June 30, 1953, toLina Romay, the singer and actress.^[15]^[16]

Death

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He died on January 26, 1935, atMargaretville, New York. The cause of death was "hemorrhage of the esophagus brought on by a complexity of ailments."^[17]

References

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^"Jay Gould".Olympedia. RetrievedMarch 30, 2021.
^"United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation, Trivia Corner". Archived fromthe original on July 18, 2006. RetrievedJuly 26, 2006.
^Allison Danzig,The Racquet Game (Macmillan 1930), 66.
^Munsey's Magazine. Frank A. Munsey & Company. 1907.
^Columbia Alumni News. Alumni Council of Columbia University. 1923.
^"JAY GOULD WINNER IN SQUASH MATCH; Leads Columbia Team to Victory by Easily Beating Bullof Crescent A.C. HARVARD CLUB ADVANCES Downs Princeton Seven to TakeSecond Place in Race for Met.Class A Team Laurels".The New York Times. December 8, 1922.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMay 25, 2020.
^"JAY GOULD TAKES TITLE AT SQUASH; Court Tennis Champion Beats H.D. Bulkley in Final at Columbia Club".The New York Times. April 8, 1919.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMay 25, 2020.
^"The Princess Kawananakoa".The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981. Library of Congress. July 22, 1911. RetrievedMay 9, 2013.
^She married Ludlow W. Stephens on December 26, 1934.
^"Divorced".Time. June 17, 1946. Archived fromthe original on October 25, 2012. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.Jay Gould III, 26, great-grandson of the late railroad tycoon, still had a wife. Jennifer Bruce Gould, 21, daughter of Cinemactor Nigel Bruce, was refused a divorce by a Los Angeles judge who judged her complaints insufficient. Some of them: Husband Jay wouldn't let her dance or play tennis with anybody but him, didn't like her theatrical friends, demanded full-fashioned meals, and was too demonstrative in his public lovemaking.
^"Married".Time. September 25, 1944. Archived fromthe original on December 15, 2008. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.Navy Air Forces Lieut. Jay Gould III, 24, great-grandson of the late great manipulator Jay Gould; and Jennifer Beryl Bruce, 19, daughter of veteran British character actor Nigel Bruce; in Beverly Hills, Calif.
^"Divorced".Time. July 22, 1946. Archived fromthe original on February 19, 2011. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.Jay Gould III, 27, wartime AAFlyer, namesake and great-grandson of the Erie railroad tycoon; by Jennifer Bruce Gould, 21, pert, pretty daughter of Cinemactor Nigel Bruce; after nearly two years of marriage, one child; in Los Angeles.
^"Wife of Jay Gould III Wins Divorce Decree".Los Angeles Times. July 9, 1946.Jay Gould III was accused of "indiscreetly" attending a party at a San Francisco hotel with another woman just three months after his marriage to actress ...
^"Jay Gould 3rd Weds. Marries Mrs. Blair R. Stevens in Westwood, Calif., Church".New York Times. November 29, 1948. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.Blair Roemer Stevens, were reported to be at Lake Arrowhead today after their marriage last evening in the village church ...
^"Married".Time. July 13, 1953. Archived fromthe original on June 4, 2007. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.Jay Gould III, 32, namesake and great-grandson of the fabulous railroad financier; and Lina Romay, 29, dark-eyed songstress of stage (Michael Todd's Peep Show) and screen (The Man Behind the Gun); he for the third time, she for the second; in Los Angeles.
^"Lina Romay Becomes Bride of Jay Gould III".Hartford Courant. July 2, 1953. Archived fromthe original on May 25, 2011. RetrievedAugust 3, 2008.
^"Jay Gould Is Dead. Court Tennis Star. Grandson of the Financier Had Held Championship for Quarter of Century".New York Times. January 28, 1935. RetrievedJuly 21, 2007.Sportsman Succumbs in Up-State Hospital at 46. His Body Brought Here for Funeral.