Word: knacks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...player; Boucher's up-&-coming Rangers have speed and depth; Detroit the league's best defense. The Boston Bruins, though weak on defense, have had few goals scored against them, largely because of incomparable Frank ("Mr. Zero") Brimsek, a goalie who has the knack of always being...
...bunch of undefeated Bradley University speedsters with a knack for being in the right place at the right time spoiled what was the best-played game of the season for the varsity last night at the Garden by checking the Crimson 68 to 62. The boys from the Illinois corn belt led at the half...
Coach Hal Ulen has a knack of sifting talent in unpromising disguises. Before Forbes "Ted" Norris ever stepped into the shallow pool for a splash, Ulen had fashioned a two-year high scorer in '39 and '40 out of Eric Cutler, a victim of polio taking the aquatic form of treatment...
...sometimes looks as if he gets off and lifts a horse across the finish) or Earl Sande's rare judgment of pace. But people liked to bet on his horses because they got a run for their money. Besides a high reputation for honesty, he has a knack of getting a horse off fast-then dares anybody to catch him. A good percentage of his wins were scored on obscure tracks long before he made the big time. His most heart-warming victory: the one aboard Count Fleet in the 1943 Kentucky Derby. At heart, Johnny Longden...
...People Relax Me." At 48, he is a smiling, relaxed man with a knack of getting along with his fellow workers, most of whom call him Dave. He is a voracious reader, with a lightning mind, makes notes in clean, clear Gregg shorthand. He has not smoked since he lost his voice chain-smoking three packs in a row during an all-night conference with Wendell Willkie. He drinks sparingly: occasionally one Martini, rarely more...