Word: australian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Earlier fireworks by the Crimson freshmen, who set two unofficial NCAA freshman records, may have assuaged slightly the pain of Brooks' first loss to Princeton. Australian record holder Neville Hayes destroyed Bob Bennett's old mark in the 200-yd. butterfly with a 2:00.5 effort. In the 200 freestyle, Jim Seubold's 1:49.7 easily bettered Roy Saari's old record...
...calm and darkling sea last week the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier Melbourne, flagship of the Australian navy, was engaged in night maneuvers off Jervis Bay, 80 miles south of Sydney. Half a mile astern cruised the destroyer Voyager, acting as rescue ship should any of the Melbourne's planes go into the sea on takeoff or landing. Both ships were blacked out except for running lights and red masthead lights...
...Voyager's 321-man crew, three-including Captain Stevens-were pulled dead from the water, and another 79 were missing and presumed dead. It was the worst peacetime disaster in the 54-year history of the Australian navy...
...Yardling tankmen, led by former Australian Olympian Neville Hayes, clash with the Baby Bruins in a preliminary to the varsity meet today. Hayes currently holds the University record in the 200-yard butterfly...
...Zimmermann made like an airplane again-a jet this time. By the time he reached the bottom of the first gentle schuss, he was already traveling at more than 40 m.p.h., and a force of several G's tore at his body as he hit the hollow where Australian Ross Milne lost control in practice and hurtled to his death. Next came a treacherous se ries of bumps: unlike more timid competitors, who hugged the surface, using their legs as shock absorbers, Zimmermann boldly catapulted over the bumps with great, bounding leaps of 45 ft. or more. Crouching...