Word: runners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, when 14,000 foot-racing fans and Finnophiles surged into Manhattan's Madison Square Garden to watch Runner Maki compete against a hand-picked trio of U. S. distance runners, track experts were not so sure that the Finn was unbeatable. In five previous appearances in a nationwide tour for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund, he had looked like an average U. S. trackman. Twice (in two-mile races) he had been defeated: once at Kansas City by Wisconsin's ginger-haired Walter Mehl, once at Ann Arbor by Michigan's Ralph Schwarzkopf...
...months ago, Greg Rice was an in conspicuous U. S. runner. But suddenly, within a fortnight he set new world's indoor records for two miles and three miles. Instead of an affair as one-sided as the Russian invasion of Finland, the Garden race looked like a square shake, particularly at Maki's favorite distance, three miles. Rice's style sports a fast sprint to the tape. Maki's formula is an almost imperceptible acceleration, pulling farther & farther away from his opponent un til he has an invulnerable lead. If Rice could dog Maki...
...they started churning around the Garden boards-Maki, loping along with hands held low like a cross-country runner-chesty, short-legged Greg Rice showing that he had as much sisu (fighting spirit) as any Finn. Mincing along in his pony gait, he stuck to Maki's heels, moving forward when Maki (coached by Tutor Nurmi, standing stop watch in hand in the infield) moved forward. For 31 laps the Notre Damer and the Finn were so close together that the Miraculous Medal on Rice's chest practically beat a tattoo on Maki's back...
Collegiate. At Indianapolis and Kansas City eight of the top college teams in the country fought it out in the Eastern and Western play-offs for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. At Indianapolis, in the final of the Eastern Division playoffs, Indiana University (runner-up to Purdue in the Big Ten Conference) trounced Pittsburgh's Duquesne (defeated only once in 18 games during the season), 39-to-30. At Kansas City in the last round of the Western Division playoffs, the University of Kansas (Big Six co-champions) nosed out the University of Southern California (champions...
...wife and kids; food, shelter, clothing; life in a groove. But the voice had changed for the better. It was a kindly voice Vag heard. "By the way, son, if they all turn you down, you might even come in with me down at the office. Start as a runner, of course at fifteen per." Even though he had heard that speech before, Vag didn't think it sounded so bad. After all, a man has to eat, doesn...