Word: seven-year-old
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Then when James Boy, a seven-year-old, suddenly zoomed from last place to win by half a length, the two Washington women rushed hysterically to the cashier's window...
...Seven-year-old Scophony is the lusty baby of British television. Guided by squat, bespectacled Russian-refugee Sagall, it weathered five years of bailiff dodging, grew from a room and a half in Soho to $1,050,000 capitalization, achieved financial association with Odeon. Competitor in large-screen television is Baird Television Ltd. partly owned by Gaumont-British Picture Corp., Ltd. They report several orders for theatre television screens, do not specify which theatres, might offer BBC loans of Gaumont-British stars in exchange for programs...
...whimsically, now racily, now sentimentally, keeps turning throughout many scenes. Sound instinct in Playwright Osborn prevents the story from getting mawkish or unwieldy. A lot of salty cussing on the old man's part gives the play feet as well as wings. And an extremely cute seven-year-old (Peter Holden) makes everything seem innocent and wholesome...
...Flushing, L. I., barrel-chested La Verne (John Montague) Moore, recently acquitted of seven-year-old robbery charges (TIME, Nov. 8 et ante), played in his first public golf match, for a child welfare charity. Came 12,000 oglers who overran tees, fairways, greens, bags, players, so confounded Golfer Moore-Montague that on the sixth hole his approach shot landed on a spectator's pate. The foursome-including Babes Ruth and Didrikson-gave up at the 9th, with Montague 2 down to Ruth...
...witness stand in the Elizabethtown, N. Y. courthouse, Mrs. Mary Moore, mother of prodigious golfer La Verne Moore alias John Montague, testified that her son was tucked into his bed in her home in Syracuse the night of the seven-year-old robbery of which he was accused (TIME, July 19). Golfer Moore solemnly declared he fled West and changed his name because he remembered he had accidentally left his luggage in the criminals' auto. The jury pondered for four hours and 45 minutes, found Golfer Moore "not guilty." Said he to reporters after keeping them waiting an hour...