Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...asked when the committee would disclose the rest of the six names. His reply put him on a par with J. Parnell Thomas as a stumbling block to a just and objective investigation of Communist activities in the U.S. "We will give them out," he wisecracked, "as they jump out of windows...
...1930s, equipment improved and the game graduated from smalltime gyms to big-city arenas. The "10-second rule" was introduced, requiring the team putting the ball in play to be across the center line in that time; the old center jump was eliminated. Out of the Midwest and the far West came firehouse basketball and the fast break. The old distinction between forwards and guards was now all but forgotten. As coach of the New York (pro) Knickerbockers, Lapchick now spends most of his time setting up defenses to hold the opposition under 75 points, figuring that...
Captain Chip Gannon will start at guard and high Bill Prior will jump at center. Ed Smith and Pete Petrillo will flank Prior and the other guard will be Cliff Crosby...
...With a very British sense of humor. When a distinguished bore came to lunch and was in full drone, Sir William Nicholson would give a signal, whereupon the whole family would jump up, dash madly around the table, and plump down again in their seats as if nothing had happened...
...South Wales one day, Shannon ran a mile in i :34½-a feat more impressive than the world record of 1:34! set by Equipoise at Arlington Park in 1932. In Australia, horses are timed from a standing start, whereas U.S. horses get a five-or six-jump run at the starting pole. The greatest race Shannon ever ran, he lost. That day, he got left at the post by 60 yards and then put on a magnificent charge and barely failed to win in 1:36. Making allowances for his poor start, horsemen estimate that...