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...Blue Jay or a 70-ft. offshore racer, they are a breed apart. West Coast fanatics get their kicks out of racing dinky, 8-ft. El Toros around treacherous San Francisco Bay, where a 20-knot wind is just air conditioning. Wintertime "frostbite" racing in tiny dinghies (6ft. to 14-ft. cockleshells with sails) is all the rage on the Great Lakes: "I was dunked three times last winter," boasts a gleeful Chicagoan. In last June's gale-tossed Annapolis-to-Newport race, 91 boats started and only 55 finished; 9 were dismasted, and one sank. "I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yachting: The Intrepid Gentleman | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...series of high school players, and Bubas was to name and locate each one. "Six feet eight inches, great hands, mother and father divorced, sister likes Fanny Farmer cherries," the friend began. Bubas instantly identified the boy. The game went on and on, until the friend described a boy "6ft. 10-in., 240 Ibs., averaged 32.1 points per game, an orphan with one gold tooth in front." Vic's brow wrinkled. "There is no such boy," he said finally. "Right," sighed his friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Basketball: Mr. Bubas' Business | 12/31/1965 | See Source »

OFFENSE •QUATERBACK: Rick Norton, 22, Kentucky, 6ft. 1 in., 1961bs. Playing for a team that started out like a lion (with victories over Missouri and Mississippi) and wound up like a lamb (losing to Houston and Archrival Tennesee), Norton completed 113 out of 214 passes for 1,893 ards and eleven touchdowns. He injured a knee in Kentucky's next-to-last game, had to undergo an operation. The bad knee makes Norton a questionable commodity, but he is still "the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Pick of the Pros | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

After clearing 6ft., 8 in., in the high jump on his third and final attempt, Pardee tried for a new Harvard mark of 6 ft., 10 1/4 in. but clipped the bar all three times with his trailing foot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Track Team Overpowers Holy Cross | 2/10/1965 | See Source »

Besides the 6 ft., 4 in. Cingiser who is averaging 18 points per game, Brown starts Gone Barth, 6 ft. 7 in. sophomore and captain Forest Broman at forwards, and 6ft. 5in. Greg Health at center. The fifth man will be either Dave Remington or Bill Oellrich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown to Meet Basketball Team In Ivy Contest Rated Toss-Up | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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