He also disliked Runyon, for no good reason other than the fact that the Demon's talent was so marked as to put him well beyond the Hetman's say-so or his supervision.

Alfred Damon Runyon ( October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946 ) was an American newspaperman and author.

Damon Runyon was born as Alfred Damon Runyan to a family of newspapermen in Manhattan, Kansas.

He worked for various newspapers in the Rocky Mountain area ; at one of those, the spelling of his last name was changed from " Runyan " to " Runyon ," a change he let stand.

Perhaps as confirmation, Runyon was inducted into the writers ' wing ( the J. G. Taylor Spink Award ) of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

" When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases ( including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunmen, to which Runyon replied, " Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two-year-old.

* The first ever telethon was hosted by Milton Berle in 1949 to raise funds for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.

* In the mid-1930s, Runyon persuaded promoter Leo Seltzer to formally change his Roller Derby spectacle from a marathon roller-skating race into a full-contact team sport, an innovation that was eventually revived in a DIY spirit seven decades later.

* The house in Manhattan, Kansas, where Runyon was born is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, " Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it.

The screenplay was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Hellman after a short story of the same name by Damon Runyon.

" The show used their CHP technical advisor, Officer Frank Runyon, to keep the actor sober: " I was told to keep that son of a bitch away from a bottle.

Runyon was known for the unique dialect he employed in his stories, mixing highly formal language and slang.

A perennial U. S. Open contender ( with seven top-10 finishes and second place in 1927 and 1936 ), Cooper was nicknamed " Lighthorse Harry " by Damon Runyon for his quick pace of play in winning the inaugural Los Angeles Open in 1926. Cooper played in the inaugural Masters Tournament and placed second there in 1936 and 1938.

Their exploits were loudly and highly praised in the new " gee whiz " style of sports journalism that was emerging ; champions of this style of writing included the legendary writers Grantland Rice and Damon Runyon in the U. S. Sports literature presented a new form of heroism departing from the traditional models of masculinity.

A memorial was held at the El Rey Theatre shortly after his death, and a small gathering of family and friends offered his ashes to the earth at Runyon Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills.

He competed in the ring for a time under the name " Hell's Kitchen Bill-Bill " ( a " hillbilly " reference which was suggested to him by the writer Damon Runyon ) but eventually settled on the moniker of " Stone Mountain ".

Anticipating that Hanson would deem her personal past " none of anyone's business ," Runyon starts rumors in the media saying that the sexual escapade in college was done in exchange for money and favors, making it prostitution.

Oldman and the film's producer, Urbanski, reportedly accused the DreamWorks studio and director Rod Lurie of editing the original film to make it more Democrat-biased, mainly by making the Runyon character less sympathetic than was originally intended.

Runyon frequently contributed sports poems to the American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays.

The cast also includes Alice Drummond as a librarian, Jennifer Runyon as an ESP volunteer, and director Ivan Reitman provides the voice of Zuul and Slimer.

It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " and " Blood Pressure ", two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick the Winner ".

In 1976, Stewart extended the Act again in Runyon v. McCrary — private schools open to all white students could no longer exclude black children, and all other offers to contract made to the general public were also made subject to the 1866 Act.

McCormack also bought Runyon Canyon in Hollywood in 1930 from Carman Runyon.

The film has also been the subject of controversy, which revolves around the fact that the President and Senator Hanson, the primary protagonists, are both Democrats, and the primary antagonist is the Republican Runyon.

" Runyon also stated that he is " 100 percent certain " that no one on the boat fired a grenade launcher.

He also was the father of ( with Winifred Kingston ) late radio actress Estelle " Dustine " Runyon ( 1925-1983 ).

KUSF is currently managed by alumnus Steve Runyon, who was also the student manager of the original AM station.

* Damon Runyon ( 1884 – 1946 ), newspaperman and writer

Runyon, for his part, had a contemptuous regard for Mr. Watson.

`` He's a wrong-o '', said Runyon, `` and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw the Statue of Liberty ''.

Over a year later, on May 29, 1975, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit " students of any race ," a move that occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary ( 427 U. S. 160 ), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools.

* 1946 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1884 )

To New Yorkers of his generation, a " Damon Runyon character " evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde.

The adjective " Runyonesque " refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted.

The musical additionally borrows characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick The Winner.

The family eventually settled in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1887, where Runyon spent the rest of his youth.

In present-day Pueblo, Runyon Field, the Damon Runyon Repertory Theater Company and Runyon Lake are now named in his honor.

In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U. S. Army to fight in the Spanish-American War.

After a notable failure in trying to organize a Colorado minor baseball league, Runyon moved to New York City in 1910.

In his first New York byline, the American editor dropped the " Alfred " and the name " Damon Runyon " appeared for the first time.