Word: sleight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Caught up, Pegler retracted his error with a sleight-of-hand pass designed to be quicker than readers' eyes. ("Only recently [I] caught myself in the mistaken belief that Rufus Bullock . . . was the great-grandfather of the Empress Eleanor.") In doing so, he pulled another mudball out of his hat. Demanded Pegler, with the air of a man getting to the heart of the matter: "But who, then, was Rufus the rogue? What...
LeBaron, who had hurt his throwing arm in practice, threw only six passes. His famed double-spin as T-formation quarterback was rusty and his sleight-of-hand fakery ineffective as his line kept caving in. His net yardage from scrimmage was minus 43; Celeri's was almost as bad-minus 39. After the game, LeBaron made the day's most sensible observation: "There's no substitute for a coach." But the highly partisan crowd was happy; LeBaron...