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Leading the Eli varsity is captain and freestlyer Steve Clark, winner of three Olympic gold medals and holder of the world record of 52.9 for the 100 meters. Last week against Princeton, Clark came off the bench and swam an incredible 45.9 100-yard anchor lap to win the freestyle relay...
...After bringing up the rear on the first trip around the 220-yard Barton Hall oval, Hewlett moved up fast on the second lap and too over the lead at the quarter-mile mark. He toyed with Navy's Greg Williams for the next mile and won going away...
Robinson's second place was the most spectacular of the other Crimson performances. Starting in the outside lane from an unstaggered start, Sam was forced to bide his time until the gun lap. Then he shifted into passing gear and caught everyone but Army's Henry Farrell, who led all the way and finished...
...retreat from South Viet Nam, not many would care to make such a bet. In short, withdrawal would largely destroy American credibility as a reliable anti-Communist ally-in Bangkok, in Seoul, in Manila and elsewhere. It would push Cambodia and Indonesia completely into China's lap. Malaysia would catch the brunt of this power realignment, thus forcing the British into a narrow, nasty corner. According to many experts, Russia would regret this move as much as the U.S., since it would immensely strengthen Peking's pretensions to the leadership of world Communism...
Smack at 165 m.p.h. On the 127th lap, the two cars snarled full bore around the west turn, with Panch "drafting" Lorenzen, tucked into his slipstream only inches behind. "I had just about 6 ft. between me and the wall," Lorenzen said later. "All of a sudden, we ran into hard rain; Panch started around me on the outside, and we really connected. My right front fender smacked the wall. Then my right rear smacked the wall and straightened me out. Good thing too. I was doing about 165 m.p.h...