Word: balle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...yards. Bracey drew alongside him. They were even at 50 yards. Bracey went ahead, far ahead, led at 60, 70, 80. Russell Sweet drew even at 90, was a foot ahead at 95. Then out of nowhere appeared what looked like a little black ball. It was Eddie Tolan, 5 ft. 4½ in. high, running so low his knees seemed to graze the ground, who hurled himself through the tape, won the windy race in 10 sec. flat. He explained: "I guess I'm built so low the wind just didn't hit me." Then he proceeded...
...discovered, add affection to the public's awareness. At the end of one day's matches she purchased a newspaper from a boy standing by the entrance to the stadium. She peered curiously into his face, then asked: "Aren't you Wiggins who used to be ball...
...fluttered a vivid yellow Hag with 18 in black velvet figures sewed on it. Overhead the little white clouds seemed to have stopped moving for the moment. Because of a tree, Espinosa could not see Jones or the white speck that was his ball. But presently the speck rolled out from behind the tree. It had to go up over a bump in the green. Then it dropped out of Espinosa's sight. A second later it dropped out of everyone's sight. The hushed gallery burst into roaring applause, and Epinosa knew that he would have to play...
...tournament. He, Jack White of Scotland, 56, was the oldest competitor. He started out to be a major sensation by scoring a par 72 in the first round, including a freak shot on the lyth. With 175 yards to go to the green on his second, he bashed the ball with a mashie and hid his face. His caddie cried: "You've made...
...Made wot?" asked White, looking up and seeing no ball on the green...