March 27, 2004
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Golfers' trophy that upset Hitler turns up in Glasgow
By Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent
(Filed: 26/03/2004)
The Hitler Cup, one of sport's most unusual trophies, has turned up in a businessman's display case in Glasgow.
The Hitler Cup was commissioned by the Fuhrer and was to be presented to the winners of an amateur international tournament in the spa town of Baden-Baden immediately after the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
After the first two rounds the German pair Leonard von Beckerath and C A Helmers were - to everyone's surprise and Hitler's delight - well in the lead. He was so sure of their victory that he set out from Berlin to present the trophy himself.
But when the English pairing of Tommy Thirsk and Arnold Bentley rallied with two brilliant final rounds of 65, Hitler suffered a severe loss of humour, refused to make the presentation and ordered his driver to take him straight back to Berlin.
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