Word: drayton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...distance in two years. But in the Walnut Meet, closely pressed by Florida A. & M.'s 19-year-old Robert Hayes, Budd tore a thigh muscle and pulled up lame. But with Hayes (who clocked a sizzling 9.3 sec. at the nationals) running in the 100 meters, Paul Drayton (who turned in a record-tying 20.5 sec. for 220 yds. around a turn) racing in the 200 meters, and Ulis Williams (whose 45.8 sec. for 440 yds. is only .1 sec. off the world mark) in the 400 meters, anything short of a clean sweep by the U.S. will...
Though both teams were undefeated in EITL play going into the match, Princeton simply had too much for Harvard. At first and second singles the Tigers sport two of the East's best collegiate players Drayton, Nabers and Herb Fitzgibbon. Although matches further down the ladder wore generally closer, Princeton was too strong to be seriously challenged...
...course, but the Tigers also have an undefusied record, and are depending champions, so it looks as though tomorrow's match night be a different story. The Orange and Black also beast Herb Filngthen at first singles, a sophomore and already the top player in the Hast. Drayton Hebern, last year's top man and without a less in League competitions in at second singles...
...play the first intercollegiate match. Even stronge this year despite the loss of Bob Bowditch, the Crimson will be heavily favored. In fact it will be favored right through the season until Princeton. The Tigers are so good this year that their last year's number one man, Drayton Nabers--undefeated in league play last year--has been supplanted on top by the best college tennis player in the East--Jim Fitzgibbon. And Nabers is fighting to hold second over Tom Lynch, another sophomore...
...Olympics did Budd realize that work would make him a real champion. Unheralded and unnoticed, he placed fifth in the 100-meter dash-despite the fact that he was spiked in the foot by fellow U.S. Sprinter Dave Sime. "When Frank went to Rome," says his Villanova Teammate Paul Drayton, "he was a good sprinter. When he came back, he was great." A solid 5 ft. 10 in., 172 lbs., Budd ran away from everyone in six straight meets during the 1960-61 indoor season. Outdoors that summer, he smashed the 100-yd. record, came within .2 sec. of Sime...