Word: nicks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field reached the first check point in Framingham, the tangle had unwound. The nickel noggins had dropped back; a Staten Island, N.Y. schoolteacher named William Welsh was striding easily in the lead. Close on the pace, a scant 100 yards back, came Eino Pulkkinen, a smooth-running Finn, and Nick Costes, a Natick, Mass, schoolteacher who finished ninth last year. Almost unnoticed, in 13th place was Hideo Hamamura, 26, a light (132 lbs.) little Japanese clerk. Last time he had run himself out in the early stages, and finished sixth. Now he was taking it easy...
...Natick Nick Costes' students pleaded from the roadside: "Hurry, Mr. Costes." He obliged. At Wellesley Square he had the lead. He was running like a man who had studied the style of Czech Distance Ace Emil Zatopek-a sprint, then a stretch of jogging, then another sprint...
...across the finish line at the Lenox Hotel with such momentum that Mayor John Hynes had to run after him before he could crown him with the traditional laurel wreath. Hamamura's time: 2:18.22, just 29 seconds better than Yamada's record. Third, back of 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...
...varsity race, the Crimson's last-minute surge in the final quarter-mile, when stroke Nick Platt boosted the cadence to a 40, was not sufficient to overcome the greater pulling strength of the taller and heavier Wisconsin shell. The Badgers continued comparatively calmly rowing a 35 despite the varsity's furious, pressing drive a few feet astern...
Weatherwise, on the other hand, was a credit to the new society. Noel Coward's witty, fast-moving script was well-directed by Wink Neilson; and Barbara Bisco, Tina Cowley, Jim Rieger, Alison Mumford and Nick Strater all turned in well above average performances. Miss Mumford's transformation from a dignified British matron into a dog was the high point of the evening, and the quick exchange of patter among the members of her household never ceased to be amusing. It is fortunate that the Coward play closed the program, because it showed that the Leverett House group is capable...