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...were superior to those recorded in a top invitational meet in California. Clayton's superb 1000 is, as far as I know, the fastest in the world so far this year. His 2:08.0 was a tenth of a second faster than the winning time by Kenyan Olympian Mike Boit at the L.A. Times meet. Nick Leone's 600 was better than that recorded in L.A., while both the two-mile and one-mile Crimson relays also topped L.A. clockings...
...between Kansas' erratic, enigmatic Jim Ryun and Kipchoge Keino, the Kenyan who defeated Ryun four years ago for a gold medal in the rarefied atmosphere of Mexico City. Ryun will find Munich more to his lungs' liking. But he must also contend with Keino's "rabbit," Fellow Kenyan Mike Boit, who will probably set a deadly pace early in the race and attempt to lure Ryun along. That might well leave Jim too weary to turn on his famous inishing kick, improving Keino's chances...
...attack of malaria, recently ran the fastest 1,500 of the year, 3:36.8. Ryun, who has performed erratically for more than 18 months, seems to be reaching his peak once again. Even so, it may not be a two-man race. Kenya has another prospect in Mike Boit, who started running the distance this year and is already coming close to matching Keino's time. Italy, which has surprisingly produced a small army of capable trackmen, has a 1,500-meter hope in Francesco Arese, a black-mustachioed teacher who runs 25 to 30 kilometers a day through...
...JOHN BOIT MORSE...
Opening the Way. For the U.S. Northwest, the treaty broadened a vista that first opened in 1792, when Captain Robert Gray, fur trader from Boston, steered the schooner Columbia past the dangerous reefs at the river's mouth and named the mighty stream after his ship. John Boit, fifth mate of the Columbia, wrote prophetically that "This River in my opinion, wou'd be a fine place for to sett up a Factory." The Columbia became a vital artery of the region's fur trade, and then of the salmon-canning and lumber industries, but only...