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...Heptagonals last week--in which Yale triumphed over the Crimson. 62-57-- offer the best guide to tomorrow's meet. Yale will hold a nine-point advantage based on performances, but Harvard has four Heptagonal champions: Aggrey Awori, in the 100 and 200; John Bakkensen, in the discus; Chris Ohiri, in the triple jump: and Hank Hatch, in the high hurdles. All are certain to take their events, and Hatch and Peeter Lamp have a good chance in the Javelin...
Other Harvard winners were Chris Ohiri, in the hop, step and jump--47 ft., 3 1/4 in.; Hank Hatch, in the high hurdles, :14.7; and John Bakkensen, in the discus, 158 ft., 11 1/2 in. Like Yale, the Crimson scored points in 12 of the 17 events...
...Discus. A fulltime computer programmer, husky Al Oerter, 26, the 1960 Olympic champion, was out of shape and practice when he stepped into the discus ring at the Mt. San Antonio Relays in Walnut, Calif. His first heave traveled 201 ft. 5 in. On his second try, he hurled the 4.4-lb. discus 205 ft. 5½ in., breaking his own year-old world record...
...Coach Drake had to massage his muscles. Yang still managed to vault 15 ft. 10½ in., enough to earn him 1,515 points on the decathlon scale -the maximum allowed. In the other nine events (100 meters, broad jump, shot-put, high jump, 400 meters, 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, javelin, 1,500 meters), he picked up 7,606 more points. His total of 9,121 smashed Rafer Johnson's three-year-old world decathlon record by 438 points. Groused Yang: "I should have done better...
...weights, only discus thrower John Bakkensen seems certain to place high; Art Doten and Olney Croasdale in the hammer and shot have been slightly inconsistent recently. The trio of Hank Hatch, Peeter Lampe, and Tom Holcombe in the javelin have all been well past 200 ft., and could dominate the scoring in that event...