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...earlier by knocking off football coach Al Bruno's noontime gang. Bruno, the grid team's offensive coordinator, played on the University of Kentucky's NCAA championship team of 1948-49. He and several other Harvard coaches dominate center-court daily from noon until 1 p.m. Using the running hook and the one-hand shot to counter modern techniques, Coach Bruno constantly astounds his younger opponents...
Dundee tells how he had barnstormed the country with the young Clay and finally brought him into Madison Square Garden in 1962 to fight Sonny Banks. "Banks hit Ali with the finest left hook I've ever seen. It would have floored King Kong. Ali's eyes glazed like he was out of it, and his keester hit the canvas. Then he sprang back up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and stopped the guy cold. He won by a knockout. That's when I knew for sure. I really thought for a split second that Bank's punch was goodbye...
...exposure of his Olympic triumphs on TV proved to be more valuable to the elder Spinks than a good left hook. He got an early discharge from the Marines, moved to Philadelphia with his wife Nova and his stepdaughter, and quickly turned pro after signing up with Boxing Promoter Bob Arum. Hungering for fresh fighters, CBS aired six of his first seven bouts...
...Crimson's superior sprint duo of Malcolm Cooper and Julian Mack led the charge, sweeping Yale--which was hurt by the fact that captain and top sprinter Harvey Hook had quit the team--in both the 50- and 100-yd. freestyles. The invincible Cooper won both events with times of 21.26 and 47.01, respectively...
...that the economy will change and Harvard will come up with more money for video. Gardner estimates $50,000 per year of University money would cover the costs of offering a more extensive video program. One possibility would be to follow the example of many European colleges and hook up with a TV station for expanded opportunities. Another possibility would be to apply for a grant in the hopes that the programs it funds would convince the University to begin permanent funding...