Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rifle practice came in handy later. When Miller was working on the King Ranch cover story (TiME, Dec. 15, 1947), he went on a one-day hunt with Tom Armstrong, neighbor of King Ranch Chief Robert Kleberg Jr. After Miller dropped his first wild turkey with a shot through the neck, Armstrong, thinking it a lucky shot, politely hailed his marksmanship, poured a toast of bourbon in a tin cup. A second turkey, shot through the head, called for another toast. After Miller had shot a deer through the neck and another in the head, there wasn't much...
...jayvees had to overcome a one-touchdown deficit before they could gain victory. Yale opened the scoring late in the first period on a 55-yard drive that took four plays. Eli quarterback Mike Armstrong, who shared the passing with left-handed Vince Barker, completed a toss to end Don Scott that covered 25 yards and move the ball to the Crimson 30. Fullback Al Laisy plunged through center for another ten yards, and one play later Armstrong swept wide around right end for 20 yards and the score...
...minutes later, halfback Bob Albert set up the second and final Crimson tally by intercepting one of Armstrong's passes on the 50. Fullback Leon Markoff then plunged through the middle for 18 yards, around left end for 20, and around the opposite end for five yards and the score...
...saloonkeepers." Scarcely a day passes in season that Cannon doesn't go to the ballpark, fights or races. Once, after a well-wisher introduced him to an English duchess and told him that she had "married three titles," Cannon answered: "So what? So did Mrs. Henry Armstrong...
...greatness. Another, Winfrey suspects, is inside the colt's deep chest: "Those lungs may be his greatest asset. At the end of a race he never shows the slightest sign of being winded or tired." Winfrey likens Native Dancer's staying power to that of Henry Armstrong, the triple-crown champion-who cut as wide a swath in boxing as Native Dancer seems capable of doing in racing...