Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Battle of Lexington), half a million citizens lined the long road from Hopkinton, Mass, to Boston (26 miles 385 yds.) to cheer as mixed a crew of visitors as ever raced through New England. As 160 runners jostled into the start of the 59th Boston Athletic Association Marathon,† swarthy Latin complexions shaded off into yellow Oriental tints and the pink-white of Scandinavian skins. Bostonians could cheer for Canada, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Japan, Finland, Sweden...
...Pulkkinen, Nick Costes clocked the fastest American time (2:19.57) since Vic Dyrgall finished second in 1952. Way back in 24th place was U.S. Veteran John Kelley, 47, who earned the laurel wreath twice (1935 and 1945), in the days before the foreigners took over the Patriots' Day marathon. Since 1945, the race has been won by a Greek, two Koreans, a Canadian, a Swede, a Guatemalan, a Finn and three Japanese...
...distance covered by Athenian Courier Pheidippides in 490 B.C., when he raced from the plain of Marathon to the outskirts of Athens with news that Darius the Mede had been defeated...
Sixteen straight days of drizzle have postponed three Red Sox games so far this season, one on April 14 at Baltimore, and a double header on Patriot's Day, April 19, with the Washington Senators. The annual Boston Marathon ran that day, and despite the puddles along the route, Hideo Hamamura of Japan set a record for the event...
Childs, a member of the Board of Directors of WHRB, caused a slight stir when he showed in his WHRB polo shirt. A newcomer to the track world, Childs entered the Marathon because he thought it was the "last stronghold of heroism left in America." He also said he liked to watch the crowds and the scenery along the route...