Word: puttering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Inchon. Before the Korean war, Almond would drive home from his Dai Ichi building office for a light lunch. Then, weather permitting, he would take his putter out for 45 minutes on a nine-hole putting course in his garden. Occasionally he and his wife slipped away for a long weekend in the mountains at Karuizawa; there he played 36 holes of golf (middle 80s) a day. He also likes ping-pong and canasta...
...southern frontier district have a saying: "He can wait like an Indian and plan like a Jesuit." This week Vargas issued no victory cries, no bright new programs. He didn't say a single word. He remained at his bare ranch house at Itu, occasionally went out to putter in his garden...
...running. His outgoing 36 had been right on par, but dapper Lloyd Mangrum was already sitting comfortably in the clubhouse with a trim 282 for the 72 holes. To tie, Bobby needed an incoming 31, i.e., five birdies in the last nine holes. He did it. His rusty old putter herded in putts of 10, 32, 12, 30, and 22 feet, for a five-under...
...Sooner or later someone will throw it 60 feet. I hope I'm the one." His post-graduation plans now that he has his degree in sight (A.B., Sociology major) include competition for the New York Athletic Club, then a shot at the 1952 Olympics. Said perfectionist Shot-putter Fuchs, rubbing a tender index finger: "If I were satisfied now, I'd never get any better...
Once again the Crimson should be blanked in the shot-put. Harvard coach Carl Olsen has yet to find a good putter, and Exeter has several. In the winter meet, they swept the event, with Pete Jones tossing the shot 49 feet. However, the freshmen will have no difficulty in the hammer throw, one of their best events...