Word: hagg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eyes for only two. One was chunky, pony-gaited Gregory Rice, taking time off from his duties as chief petty officer at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, L.I. to defend the championship he had won for five successive years. The other: gaunt, gazelle-gaited Gunder Hagg (pronounced Hegg), the touted Swedish fireman who was making his U.S. debut in the national 5,000-meter...
...Race. Rice seldom sets the pace. Neither does Hagg. But after the first lap of the big race, lean Gunder decided to take the lead. A youngster named Wilt spurted past Hagg once, passed him again. But Hagg refused to be annoyed. With effortless ease he glided over the cinders, his fringe of long hair flapping, his voluminous shorts billowing like a spinnaker...
...mile he was 6 yards behind. At two miles there were 60 yards between them. Gunder Hagg could not be caught. His time (14:48.5) was not for the record books. But his racing stride was something never to be forgotten...
...Winner. Ever since Gunder Hagg arrived in the U.S. two weeks ago he has confounded U.S. sportswriters. He speaks only a few English words, but at his first press interview, he gave the sportswriters knuckle raps aplenty...