Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...through the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from southeastern Libya. But to get firsthand accounts of Italian troop and supply dispositions meant a hazardous trek of over 1,000 miles across rocky, dune-ribbed desert. The three men before him jumped at the job. For ten years they had made a sport of just such traveling, spending their vacations exploring the Sahara. Within six weeks they had trained a small, tough column of British and New Zealand desert fighters, set out for the oases of Cufra...
...Guild, solo wrestler in the 136-pound group, has been turning in a very good performances. He has wrestled in all the meets, losing his bout in only one. He is an old hand at the sport, as he was a member of the Exeter team for three years. There are three contenders for the 145-pound position, Earnest Jackson, Bill Moss, and Bill Watson. All three have wrestled in at least one meet, although Watson is the only one with previous experience...
...drawing its equipment this afternoon, this year's squad starts practice earlier than any previous Freshman lacrosse team in an effort to break the Yale victory jinx that has plagued all Yardling stickmen since lacrosse has been a first-year sport. The men will be under the tutelage of Norman Blottner 1L, who, last year, was elected to the Honorable Mention list of the All-American lacrosse team...
Probable reason for the weak dishes is the absence of men who have the stuff, but because of scholastic difficulties or participation in another sport, cannot come out. Jaakko was quite confident that a few more of the good men he knows are in the class would add a great deal to the team's potentialities. Bill Bingham, Jr., who showed real ability in the half mile at school, is unable to report because of an injury, but may be in the ranks by the end of the winter term...
...Horsemen of Notre Dame and later as successor to his teacher, the late great Knute Rockne. The old Horseman took a practical view of the matter. "I did it for the future welfare of my family," said he. "The National Football League is the fastest growing institution in American sport. I hope and believe I can be helpful in the further development of the organization." Layden's salary: $20,000 a year (for five years), double the pay he got at Notre Dame...