Jay Gould II

American real tennis player

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's jeu de paume
Representing the  United States
|  1908 London | Individual

Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 - January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914-1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (London, 1908, then under the name jeu 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 World War 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's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay Gould II is the great-great-uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.

## Biography

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

## Marriage and children

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He married Anne Douglass Graham, a cousin of Princess 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 a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Jennifer Beryl Bruce, the daughter of Nigel 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, to Lina Romay, the singer and actress.[15][16]

## Death

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

## See also

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* Real tennis world champions

## References

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1. ^ "Jay Gould". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. ^ "United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation, Trivia Corner". Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
3. ^ Allison Danzig, The Racquet Game (Macmillan 1930), 66.
4. ^ Munsey's Magazine. Frank A. Munsey & Company. 1907.
5. ^ Columbia Alumni News. Alumni Council of Columbia University. 1923.
6. ^ "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. 1922-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
7. ^ "JAY GOULD TAKES TITLE AT SQUASH; Court Tennis Champion Beats H.D. Bulkley in Final at Columbia Club". The New York Times. 1919-04-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
8. ^ "The Princess Kawananakoa". The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981. Library of Congress. July 22, 1911. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
9. ^ She married Ludlow W. Stephens on December 26, 1934.
10. ^ "Divorced". Time. June 17, 1946. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-03. "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."
11. ^ "Married". Time. September 25, 1944. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-03. "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."
12. ^ "Divorced". Time. July 22, 1946. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-03. "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."
13. ^ "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 ..."
14. ^ "Jay Gould 3rd Weds. Marries Mrs. Blair R. Stevens in Westwood, Calif., Church". New York Times. November 29, 1948. Retrieved 2008-08-03. "Blair Roemer Stevens, were reported to be at Lake Arrowhead today after their marriage last evening in the village church ..."
15. ^ "Married". Time. July 13, 1953. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-03. "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."
16. ^ "Lina Romay Becomes Bride of Jay Gould III". Hartford Courant. July 2, 1953. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
17. ^ "Jay Gould Is Dead. Court Tennis Star. Grandson of the Financier Had Held Championship for Quarter of Century". New York Times. January 28, 1935. Retrieved 2007-07-21. "Sportsman Succumbs in Up-State Hospital at 46. His Body Brought Here for Funeral."

## External links

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* Media related to Jay Gould II at Wikimedia Commons