Word: runners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...British Empire was Commander Walter Edward Whitehead, bearded pitchman for Schweppes quinine water. Among 2,000 other honors: a knighthood for Guardian Cartoonist David Low-who now becomes Sir David-creator of that enduring symbol of bumbling bureaucracy, Colonel Blimp; an Order of the British Empire for New Zealand Runner Peter Snell, world record holder in the mile, half-mile, 1,000-yd. and 500-meter races; Commanders of the Order of the British Empire for Novelist Elspeth Huxley, Poet Stephen Spender, Actor Emlyn Williams...
...more than any of his competitors. Experts scoff at his size ("If he were lighter, he could run faster"), his racing tactics ("unscientific"), his graceless running style ("like a Sherman tank with overdrive"). But they all concede that, at 23, Peter Snell is the fastest middle-distance runner in track history...
...Lydiard tries for a breakthrough in stamina," explains rival Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman. "When a runner like Snell works very hard, he reaches a point where he begins to ache in his joints. The pain is enormous. When that happens, most coaches ease off. Lydiard just keeps him working harder and harder-until he becomes insensitive to the pain." So far, Snell's masochistic training regimen has paid off: when he finished his record-breaking mile in Wanganui, he was hardly panting...
Last year, though, with Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash supplying Detroit with more than adequate power, Kaline became the comeback player of the year. Leading the league with his 41 doubles. Kaline was runner-up to Cash in the batting championship (.224) and in total hits...
Kaline was in the process of another tremendous season, hitting .336, leading the league with 38 RBI and runner-up to Jim Gentile with 12 homers. His loss to the depthless Tigers is irreparable...