Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Navy, for instance, has had only two practice outings this week, and is further hampered by the loss of its all-American stroke John Cartwhight, who is out for the season with a bad knee. Sophomore Jim Bacon will take his place today...
...carrying squad looks competent, at the least. Right half Bob White averaged 5.5 yards in 89 attempts; fullback Bill De Young, 6.4 for 28 shots. Emery Mitchell, starting fullback, carried 71 times for a 4.4 average before being eliminated by Army's bonecrushers. His status is indefinite--if a knee operation proves successful, he'll take over quarterback duties...
...house on F Street S.W., an old Negro lay on a bare bedspring in the junk-crammed yard, taking the sun. One of his legs was off at the knee. Inside, his son and daughter-in-law lived with their nine children in two rooms. The eldest girl had just borne an illegitimate baby. Tattered cotton coverlets lay in disorder on the only three beds. Chunks of plaster had fallen from the walls, exposing the laths. There was no heat; water came from a faucet in the yard. The young Negro wife giggled in embarrassment, twiddled the wick...
...Plymptom squad is knee-deep in danky outfielders. In center, husky, bronzed Juan P. Leapandfall will start if the hone spur on his ailing heel shapes up; Chuckles (XX) Bellylaugh is slated to tend the right garden; and devilish Cocksure will attempt to run the game while patrolling the left pasture...
Napkin on the Knee. The luncheon-held in a high-ceilinged Senate committee room complete with crystal chandelier, potted palms and outrageous painted cherubs-soon resembled a subway rush. A bar did a roaring business at one end of the room. A jostling throng of Senators, Cabinet officers, Congressmen and newsmen juggled drinks and loaded plates as the President sat eating, napkin on knee, on a chair against the wall...