Word: davenports
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coach Dick Hill can usually find an out-of-stater to fill a slot-like Ohio's Willie Davenport, an ex-paratrooper and 22-year-old freshman, who turned down U.C.L.A. ("No sense me going there and flunking out") to come to Southern; two weeks ago, he ran the 120-yd. high hurdles in 13.2 sec. to tie the world record set in 1959 by West Germany's Martin Lauer. With runners like Anderson, Lewis, Johnson and Davenport, S.U. has not lost a dual meet in years. Last week at the Grambling Relays, Southern swept the 100 (Anderson...
...Davenport's coach strained to catch Leverett false-starting in the final two events, but the frogmen were not about to give up their lead...
...Leverett frogmen topped their second undefeated season in two years with a 36-30 win over Yale's Davenport College in the IAB Saturday...
...Davenport opened the meet with a victory in the 150-yard medley relay, an event not held in Harvard intramural competition. But Leverett's Bill Tobin won the 100-yard freestyle--the other unfamiliar event--with a fast 53.5 seconds, bettering his own personal mark by 3 seconds...
...against Kirkland means that Leverett will represent Harvard Houses against Yale's best college squad (Yale's Colleges are equivalent to Harvard's Houses) at New Haven this weekend. Last year, Leverett rolled over Davenport College, Yale's best, by a score of 41-36. It thus became the first Harvard House to win this contest since 1946. Yale will determine an opponent to Leverett this week when their intramural competition ends...