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...schoolboys know that Raphael wrote a century of sonnets. Fewer know or care what a century in cricket is. In cricket, a century is 100 (or more) runs scored by a batsman during a single innings. Last week England's Len Button, playing for Surrey, joined the select group of 13 cricketers who have made their 100th century. * When Hutton scored his 100th run, the crowd at London's Kennington Oval rose to its feet to clap. His teammates jogged across the field to shake his hand. Cricketer Hutton, 35, acknowledged the applause by lifting his cap. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 100th Century | 7/30/1951 | See Source »

...Eagles have three high-averaged power hitters in leadoff batter Len Ceglarski, first baseman Bob Manning, and catcher Mike Roarke, and one of the top pitchers of the east in Bill Scholz. Scholz a righthander, won six straight before losing to the camp LeJoune Marines and dropping a 7 to 5 game yesterday to Holy Cross ace Dick Bogdan. Eagle coach John Temple may be willing to start Scholz again after only two days' rest...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Varsity Nine Meets B.C. Thursday, Travels to Williamstown Saturday | 6/12/1951 | See Source »

...split the defense alone and beat Picard after a Jack Carman pass at 16:10, and Marshall banged in a Kittredge rebound after a scramble in front of the not 20 seconds late to end the scoring. The third period was highlighted by a brief fight between Husky defenseman Len McNamara and Crimson assistant manager Chuck Wade in the penalty box. HARVARD(3) NORTHEASTERN(1) Richardson g Picard Wykoff rd Purcell Burke 1d McNamara Greeley c Doherty Hubbard rw Bell Timpson lw Connelly...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Hockey Team Slips Past Northeastern, 3-1; Husky Goalie Picard Excels in Sloppy Tilt | 1/17/1951 | See Source »

...year after Len Kirkes got back to Carpinteria, John Ross was elected sheriff of Santa Barbara county. He and Kirkes would chat together whenever they met, but Ross never took the Senteney murder file off the top of his desk. One day last September, a woman reported that Kirkes had tried to molest her ten-year-old son. The sheriff jailed Kirkes and prayed that some timid murder witnesses might turn up, now that the big ex-cop was locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Footprints in the Foothills | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...evidence and Kirkes' denials, a jury found Kirkes guilty of second-degree murder and recommended no leniency (mandatory penalty: five years to life). John Ross went back to his office in Santa Barbara's stucco courthouse and locked up the Senteney file, which he and Len Kirkes had begun eight years before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Footprints in the Foothills | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

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