Word: towler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sporting Life has long tolerated a screwball tradition. Best-known character in its raffish staff of olden days was its longtime (1925-37) editor, a retired army captain named Chris Towler. From writing for a dog magazine, Towler learned a deft touch with copy, prodded staffers into developing a brisk, racy style. But he gambled heavily and badly, often forced his reporters to open accounts at banks where he was overdrawn in order to get a supply of blank checks...
Bookie v. Tote Board. When Towler died, Odhams turned the paper over to A. B. Clements, who became a reporter at 14, worked his way up on the Sporting Life rewrite desk. Brisk, red-faced Editor Clements (called "A.B.C." by his reporters) runs a 55-man staff, every one willing at all times to bet on almost any issue, including how long it will take a fly walking up a wall to get to the ceiling...