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...speed handicappers--ah, pigeons--who frequent the race tracks can often be heard echoing the familiar Joe E. Lewis refrain by the end of the meeting. "I follow the horses, and the horses I follow.. . follow other horses." )Damon Runyon made Jules Fink and his colleagues famous by calling them the "speed boys." It was a mis-moniker. They were actually brilliant pace handicappers...
McLain scored ten straight points, and John Runyon and Vernon Horn combined on fast breaks to build a 62-51 margin with three minutes to play. Football star Del Marting led the final Yale rush that failed with 25 points...
Joseph Michael Valachi looks a bit like a Damon Runyon gangster-the tough guy who really is all heart. Short (5 ft. 6 in.) and bandy-legged, he could pass as one of those middle-aged truck drivers who spend their days oiT lifting weights at the local gym, then go home and cook up a dinner for the wife and kids-"Joe's Special Recipe for Spaghetti Sauce and Meatballs...
Varsity captain Scott Robertson will probably be unable to play against Brown Saturday because of a foot injury, so John Runyon, a J.V. regular, will probably take his place. Ron McClain, starting J.V. fullback, subbed for injured Bobby Gray in the varsity game at Princeton Saturday after playing the entire J.V. game the day before...
...Runyon, John Metzger and Ted Rumsey began the scoring assault with first period tallies. Yonni Chapman netted two more goals in the second quarter to give Harvard a comfortable lead at the half...