Word: champ
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...skivvy-clad sprinters have strained to get a stride in front of Mel Patton's sizzling 9.3 sec. world record for the 100-yd. dash. Although ten men have matched his time,* no one yet has raced past Patton into the record book. But this year the old champ has a new, more dangerous challenger: San Jose State's cocky Dennis Johnson, a whippet-fast Jamaican who is undefeated in eleven straight races, and this month became the first runner in history to tie Patton's world record four times in a single season. Says Johnson...
...living it up in Europe. Botvinnik's endurance paid off in the grueling, three-day 20th game when Tal slumped wearily in his seat after the 121st move and settled for a stalemate. Two days later, calmly sipping hot coffee while Tal paced uneasily, the ex-champ finished off his youthful conqueror after 33 moves, won back his title, 13 games...
...Shot put: Dick Brown of Navy, with a 56 ft., 6 in. heave to his credit, should win with ease. Last year's champ, Bob Batdorf of Penn, has yet to break 51 ft. Harvard's Rick deLone and Steve Cohen should go two-three, while Yale has nothing...
King Kong champ without trying...
Eastern 157 champ Al Marion leads the Ithaca forces with a record of 8-1-1, while Phil Oberlander, winner of the heavyweight match against Syracuse, is dangerous with a 6-2 season...