Word: mckenley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buffalo, the mile-relay team of Manhattan's Grand Street Boys Club (Olympic Champions Herb McKenley Andy Stanfield, George Rhoden and Mal Whitfield) breezed through their event in 3 min. 14.4 sec., an unofficial indoor record...
Going into the last lap, Mal Whitfield had only one man ahead of him: Jamaica's Herb McKenley, world-record holder at 440 yds. Shortening his 8-ft. stride to fast-stepping six-footers, Whitfield visibly pulled himself together for the final burst. He passed McKenley "big," whirled into the final turn in front, breasted the red-yarn tape alone as the Madison Square Garden crowd of 12,364 rose to its feet and roared approval. The crowd roared again when the time was announced: 0.56.6, a new indoor record...
...Manhattan College's Lindy Remigino, who won the 100-meter dash in a photo-finish with Jamaica's Herb McKenley and Britain's Emanuel McDonald-Bailey. Time for all three sprinters...
Next day Gibson gave McKenley advanced lectures on pace, and how to run with the elbows flailing wide, for better balance and protection in a pack. At week's end, McKenley ran again in the 500-yard at Brooklyn's Knights of Columbus meet and finished third. "He learns fast," said Gibson, who expected to hand his star pupil a diploma by the time the indoor season reached its peak at the Millrose Games later this month...
Drift Wide. Then Novice McKenley displayed his inexperience in another payoff art of indoor running. Instead of drifting out and driving Fox wide on the boards, he hugged the rail and allowed Fox to slip by the easy way. Fox won and McKenley finished a weary fourth. But he had leaned into the turns perfectly, and Coach Gibson was satisfied...