Word: clays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last year, Harvard upset the Cadets in the medley relay and split the individual events, only to lose the freestyle races and the decisive final relay. Army won 49-46. But Army lost its magnificent sprinter, Tony Clay, and speedsters Jerry Merges and Steve Bliss, at graduation. Together, those three accounted for 24 points...
Those who went saw a slaughter, the most lopsided contest since lions lunched at the Colosseum. "I am going to punish him," Clay had said contemptuously. "I am going to beat him so badly that he'll need a shoehorn to get his hat on again." Cassius obviously is a man of his word. In the first round he was so busy taunting his opponent ("White American!") that he neglected to throw a punch and Patterson won the round. It was the only round...
...rest of the fight, Clay's left fist beat a bewildering tattoo on Patterson's forehead, and Cassius punctuated each punch with cries of "Boop! Boop! Boop!" Patterson later complained that he had aggravated an old back injury. Only losers need excuses, and Floyd needed more than most. From the second round on, it was evident that Cassius could have knocked Patterson out any time he chose-and he almost did, despite himself, in the sixth round. A ripping uppercut snapped Floyd's head back and turned his legs to rubber; a left hook drove...
...Month? Still unbeaten after 22 pro fights, Champion Clay actually tried to be kind to his beaten challenger. "He is a man, a real man," Cassius told newsmen afterward. He was more candid when a female admirer innocently asked: "What have you been doing tonight?" Replied Cassius: "Oh, beating up little boys...
...Clay, who seems to get bigger and stronger each fight, may have to resurrect Joe Louis' "Bum of the Month" club, just to find somebody to fight. Maybe he already has, seeing as the next man in line is Ernie Terrell, the World Boxing Association "champion" -who has been providing for his future by practicing as a rock-'n'-roll singer...