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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yale opened the meet with a five-yard victory in the 400-yard medley relay. However, Crimson captain Bruce Fowler established himself as one of the favorites in the Eastern 100-yard breaststroke championship, by churning through his leg in a fast 60.8 seconds. The Elis' sophomore butterfly ace Rick Schneider transferred his talents the 200-yard freestyle which Schollander had been slated to win. He won in 1:46.9, and came back in the 500-yard freestyle to edge Harvard's constantly improving sophomore Pete Adams, who also grabbed a second...
...Upstart Niederhoffer was going to get his comeuppance. Sam Howe won the first game easily, 15-11. But Niederhoffer fought back to win the second. With the score tied 13-13 in the third, he mused loudly, "What shall I do?", then uncorked a smashing serve for an ace and went on to win. In the last game, Vic caught his weary opponent leaning the wrong way with two successive backhand drop shots, ran out the match 15-13. "Beautiful game, Victor," conceded Howe, as both exhausted players sagged against the wall. Up in the gallery, Niederhoffer's mother...
...ACE made the request in recent letters to Lt. General Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, in a plea that he provide local draft boards with "orderly procedures" for the classification of students...
...second ACE letter, sent on Dec. 13, reiterated the request that Hershey issue a statement of "student rights and responsibilities." It proposed reinstatement of the Korean War guidelines for determining student deferments. The third letter, on Dec. 27, renewed Morse's request once more...
Born. To Dawn Fraser, 28, Australia's ace swimmer (four world records); and Gary Ware, 24, a Queensland bookmaker; their first child, a daughter; in Sydney...