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...come because she is pregnant. Wimbledon Champ Evonne Goolagong, the 20-year-old Australian aborigine sensation, said she had decided to take a rest. Then, in the first round, unseeded Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia eliminated another big name when he upset top-seeded John Newcombe. After that Chris Evert, the 16-year-old schoolgirl who captured the fancy of the fans, got spanked 6-3, 6-2 by top-seeded Billie Jean King in the semifinals. Then the rains came, delaying play and dissipating interest. For all its vicissitudes, though, the 1971 Open produced a winner whom former U.S. Champion...
Harvard's sudden and complete domination of intercollegiate track was traced to two factors: the completion of a five-lap cinder track on Harvard's Jarvis Field and Evert J. Wendell '28's appearance at Harvard. Wendell's enthusiasm and organizational knack put Harvard track on its feet, and his talent gave the Crimson its first victory in the Intercollegiates. In the 1880 meet, Wendell himself won three of the six first places--in the 100, which he ran in 10 seconds flat long before the advent of the crouching start...
...EVERT J. WENDELL...
MARTHA M. EVERT Camp Hill...
...CRIMSON article tells us what two managers were doing: "Uniforms of all sorts, medical equipment, and trophies preserved for generations, were consumed by the flames. But the most valuable articles in the building--a large part of the medical records and the Evert Jansen Wendell trophies--were rescued, and this through the heroism of two undergraduates, H.T. Wagstaff '32 and P.M. Whitman '32, track manager candidate and assistant football manager, respectively...