Word: algerian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gentle as a deer and as ugly as a monkey, little El Ouati, the Algerian Marathon runner who won the Olympic race at Amsterdam last summer came to the U. S. in order to race for Promoter Bill ("Easy") Pickens. Last fortnight in Manhattan, he ran against Joie Ray whom he had beaten, by a last minute sprint, at Amsterdam; with frightened looks behind him and a low scooping stride. El Ouati beat Ray for the second time by seven laps. After this race it was planned to send El Ouati and Joie Ray on a tour...
...idea of Promoter Pickens that the world of sport, like a modern marathon, moves in cycles. The time has now come for a resuscitation of long distance running; the best long distance runner in the world is this jolly timid Algerian, who cannot speak a word of English and shakes hands in a complicated. North African fashion. Promoter Pickens chose him to make the marathon famous again...
Until El Ouati and Ray should start their U. S. tour, it was necessary for Promoter Pickens to find stunts that should keep El Ouati in the public eye. The Algerian was led to various Manhattan newspaper offices ; reporters and photographers were invited to visit him so frequently that El Ouati, sick of removing his clothes to pose for pictures, murmured "que j'suis . . . fatigue...
...Ouati run an exhibition race against Johnny Hayes, the man who 20 years ago made the marathon popular just as it is hoped that El Ouati will do now. This exhibition race took place last week; as had been expected, Johnny Hayes did not really try to beat the Algerian but merely trotted around with him once and then watched from the sidelines while El Ouati continued to drum circles on the track. The race did not at tract a crowd; for when people saw "Johnny Hayes" in a headline for almost the first time in 20 years, they...
Marathon. Won by El Ouafi of France, 2 hr., 32 min., 57 sec. This, the blue ribbon event of the Olympics is a race of 26 miles, 385 yards. El Ouafi is a spindle-legged, narrow-chested Algerian. He ran despatches for the French Government during the World War, now works in an automobile factory in Paris. He is 29, a vegetarian, drinks only milk and water. When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place. Suddenly word reached the stadium that a dark little man was passing...