Word: field
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...McCloy caught the eye of his commanding officer, General Guy Preston, a salty cavalryman who had fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee near the Cheyenne River, where in 1890 the Sioux made their last stand. McCloy went to France as Preston's operations officer in the 160th Field Artillery Brigade. Years later, Preston told another officer why he had chosen McCloy as staff aide. "One day at Fort Ethan Allen, I walked behind him after he had been riding. I could see blood all over his pants. I said to myself, any man who could keep riding with...
When Capot and Palestinian headed into the stretch five lengths in front of the field, Atkinson gave Capot the whip and pulled clear. He had Palestinian beaten. But where was Ponder? Atkinson would never forget the way Ponder charged by him when he thought he had the Kentucky Derby won last month. As sometimes happens to slow beginners, Ponder had gotten mousetrapped down on the rail. When he worked free he put on a run that brought the crowd of 40,421 up on tiptoe. But 20 yards from the finish, Atkinson "turned his stick" and relaxed; Capot nailed...
...years and were still struggling to stay out of last place last week. That Frisch could lift them out of the doldrums this season was something fans on Chicago's North Side hoped for but hardly expected. But at least there would be more noise around Wrigley Field...
Without question, Roger Bannister was Britain's best foot forward in spiked shoes since the great Sydney Wooderson. Another Oxford lad, Nick Stacey, ran off with the 100-and 220-yd. dashes and Teammate Philip Morgan took the twomile. But in the hurdles and field events, where professional coaching pays off, the coach-less Britons flopped. They lost the meet...
...published from that address, and 40,000 copies were on sale last week (at 50?) on newsstands all over Britain. Soon, London Mystery will invade the U.S. market, to match its wits against Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (circ. 150,000), which now dominates the mystery-magazine field...