Word: henigan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last the people on Exeter Street saw the runner they had been waiting for; there were cheers, a waving of hats, a craning of necks, and yet looks of astonishment. For who was this? Few recognized him until his name was passed along the line-Henigan, it was Jimmy Henigan, from Medford. No other runner was anywhere near him as he swung easily down the street to the tape. His time, as was to be expected in the heat, was far behind the record. Fred Ward of Manhattan finished second, Karl Koski third, David Sagerlund fourth, Clarence De Mar fifth...
...Winner Henigan went special honors. On his brow Captain George Demeter of Boston, Grand Governor of the Greek-American Progressive Association, placed a laurel wreath made of laurel from the plain of Marathon, Greece. To him was awarded in addition to the usual diamond studded medal, another medal, inscribed with the word "Nενκηκaμεν," the famed dying cry of Pheidippides, who bore the news of the Battle of Marathon to Athens. Like many marathoners, Henigan, 39, has outraced his own youth. He has been a long distance runner for 20 years...