Word: starter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Royal St. George's Club in time for his first-round match, Brigadier General Alfred Cecil Critchley, London sports promoter, sailed from New York on the Normandie, took a speedboat to the dock at Southampton, chartered a plane, flew to the course, waved at the starter to identify himself, landed at a nearby airport, rushed up to the first tee. He arrived three minutes after the match had been awarded to his opponent by default...
...search for a winning hurler to share the pitching burden with Ed Ingalls, Coach Fred Mitchell last night unexpectedly announced left fielder Dave Shean as the probable starter on the mound this afternoon against Brown at Soldiers Field...
...Harlan County in 1934. Member of one of the section's largest families. Sheriff Middleton once had a distant cousin named Elman Middleton who was prosecuting attorney of Harlan County and started a crusade for miners' rights. Two years ago Cousin Elman stepped on his automobile starter, went up in a confetti of steel, flesh and dynamite. Since 1934, said the sheriff, he had appointed 379 deputies, of whom only a half-dozen or so were paid by the county. The rest were hired by the operators as "special guards." Senator La Follette produced an investigators' report...
...pitching burden for the Crimson nine will probably be carried by Ingalls, last year's ace, who will hurl at least two, if not three games. Dick Walsh is sure of a starting berth in one of the other contests, while the third starter will be found among Curtiss, Prouty, and Victor...
Last week as a starter for her Coronation trousseau, royal Elizabeth ordered 26 frocks and evening cloaks from Norman Hartnell, Ltd., then stepped out with King George VI to the first play they have "done" since His Majesty's accession: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, a slick crook play which had its Manhattan premiere last week...