Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...since the first WPB cut was not fully heeded, there was little substantial reason to think the second would be. If it is not heeded, some papers may well approach year's end virtually paperless. If it is, there will be smaller woman's, society and even sport sections; thinner Sunday papers; a first-come-first-served supply at newsstands, and shorter and more tightly edited (therefore better) news stories...
While I'm his idle sport...
Vacations are out for top-flight Washington officials this year; so are elaborate measures to keep physically fit. Some of the substitutes for long trips, extended holidays of sport...
...prettiest plays in sport is soccer's "corner kick"-a free kick booted from the corner of the field toward the players of both teams, who try to kick or butt the ball into the net or down the field. In The Bronx's Starlight Park this week, corner kicks and other fancy head-and-footwork were executed with rare artistry. The performers were the two foremost big-league outfits in the U.S.: the Brooklyn Hispanos and Pittsburgh's Morgan Strassers, facing each other in soccer's equivalent of the baseball World's Series...
...lack of interest is due mainly to U.S. distaste for sitting outdoors in wintry winds and sleet (in Europe fans rarely sit down during a game). The comparative handful of U.S. enthusiasts who follow the sport through its September-to-June season are mostly American-born citizens of foreign parentage who inherited their passion for the fast & furious game. Although U.S. attendance is far below the standard of other countries, U.S. pros are not. One U.S. star who can stand up to any of the world's Internationalists is Big Bill Gonsalves, a Portuguese-American who plays inside-right...