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McCurdy also dismissed sprinter Aggrey Awori and Chris Ohiri for most of the evening. Awori would have been good for firsts in both the 40-yard dash and the 40-yard high hurdles, while Ohiri could have added points in the broad jump and dash. The Crimson needed neither of them, picking up 17 of a possible 27 points in the three events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short-Handed Track Team Romps Over Tech, 82-27 | 12/13/1962 | See Source »

Hobie Armstrong's 4.6 run in the dash gave the Crimson five first place points. Pete Lamp and Charles Ward added eight more with a one-two finish in the 600 yard run. All in all, the Crimson took first place in ten of thirteen events and spent a good part of the evening talking about Saturday's crucial meet with Army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short-Handed Track Team Romps Over Tech, 82-27 | 12/13/1962 | See Source »

...Triumph of the injection-molder's art is Jimmy Jet, a dial-laden gadget that looks like a cross between a 1958 Pontiac dash board and the cockpit of the U-2-and is nearly as big. Activate its batteries and an aerial view of a terrain nicely dotted with factories, bridges and other targets moves across a simulated TV screen; a silhouette of a plane also appears, and by turning the controls this can be made to pass "over" a target. A lever launches missiles from the cowling. More dazzling than durable, it is sold in supermarkets exclusively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys: Plastic Sugarplums | 12/7/1962 | See Source »

...college ranks-and maybe the best football player." On Richter: "He has height, weight, agility, tremendous hands, all the moves. But is he fast enough?" Another high choice: Southern Cal Junior Hal Bedsole, 20, who stands 6 ft. 5 in., weighs 225 lbs., and runs the 100-yd. dash in 10 sec. flat. Says one scout: "There's 'can't miss' written all over his 27-acre body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Picked by the Pros | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

...outstanding defensive prospect, as is Junious Buchanan, 22 (6 ft. 6 in., 270 lbs.), of Louisiana's Grambling College. "Buchanan," says one scout, "is the most amazing big athlete I've ever seen. He ran the 220-yd. dash in 22.5 sec. when he weighed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Picked by the Pros | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

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