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Damon Runyon.


DAMON RUNYON Noun 1. Damon Runyon - United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
Alfred Damon Runyon, Runyon
, legendary writer and humorist hu·mor·ist  
n.
1. A person with a good sense of humor.

2. A performer or writer of humorous material.


humorist
Noun

a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way

, as the coffin of the great middleweight boxer, Stanley Ketchel Stanislaw Kiecal, (September 14, 1886–October 15, 1910), better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel, was an American boxer of Polish origin who became one of the greatest world middleweight champions. , was being lowered into the ground: "I betcha if someone started counting, Ketchel'd get up at five."
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Title Annotation:Coachers' Corner
Publication:Coach and Athletic Director
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2003
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