Word: jim
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Stain of Shamateurism. The Killy case evoked memories of Jim Thorpe, who won the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics, then was forced to give back his medals because he had once accepted a few dollars to play semipro baseball. And it illustrated how deeply the hypocrisy of "shamateurism" stains the fabric of sport. If Killy did accept money for a story, is he any less an amateur than the tennis star who collects under-the-table payments from promoters? Or the basketball ace who gets discounts from the" stores and restaurants in his college town? And how about...
Those who have followed Bill McCurdy's teams for the past few years know that Harvard is always the team to beat among the Ivies, they have come to expect the regular emergance of a Jim Baker or a Doug Hardin. But the news that Harvard has qualified more than a dozen athletes to compete in the NCAA Championships this weekend may amaze even the most optimistic fans...
Harvard's best performance in the running events came in the two-mile as Doug Hardin and Jim Baker finished third and fourth respectively. The two led for most of the race but were passed by Colby's Sebsibe Mamo--who won in a meet record time of 8:50.7--and Villanova's Tom Donnelly in the final quarter...
...condition of manager Dick Williams' pitching staff is not improved by the cast on Jim Lonborg's leg. But then, the Sox didn't win the pennant on pitching strength last year. If Williams can coax another MVP performance out of Carl Yastrzemski, he could pull off another miracle...
...Crimson could score heavily in the mile if both Jim Baker and Roy Shaw are entered. Shaw, who has run 4:02.8, must be considered the meet's biggest threat to Patrick--the field's only sub-four minute miler--whose best time this year is 4:01. But if Baker joins Shaw, whom he beat in last week's Heptagonals, there's no telling how the race will turn...