Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-old Don Schollander, chunky (5 ft. 10 in., 160 Ibs.) star of the Santa Clara, Calif., Swim Club. At 16, Schollander set American freestyle records at 200, 400 and 500 yards. Fighting off old age, he twice broke through the two-minute barrier in the 200-meter freestyle before traveling to Japan. Last week, under the mesmerized eyes of TV cameras, newsreel photographers and 7,500 sophisticated Japanese swimming fans, he coolly did it again, "hydroplaning" (as one dazzled Tokyo sportswriter put it) up and down Jingu Pool in the world-record time of 1:58.5; later in Osaka...
...excitable out of water as he is exciting in it, Schollander practically swam every race in Tokyo. While an 18-year-old University of Southern California sophomore named Roy Saari churned through the seemingly endless laps of the 1,500-meter freestyle, Schollander leaped crazily along the edge of the pool, waving a white towel and yelling "Get going!" For 24 lengths, Saari lagged sadly behind the lap times set by Australia's John Konrads when he posted the world record of 17:11 three years ago. Then Saari spotted Schollander's frenzied cheerleading out of the corner...
Ever since he got his first catboat at eleven, Bostonian George O'Day, 40, has idolized sailboats. Regarded as one of the world's best downwind sailors, O'Day has handled almost every class of boat up to sleek 12-meter racers (he was the successful Weatherly's assistant skipper during last year's America's Cup races) and has a seasoned eye for grace ful lines and good design. About the only boats that O'Day doesn't like are those he makes himself...
That some of the fees paid by Y.P.F. for drilling have been too high was tacitly conceded by Kerr McGee in last week's new contract, which calls for a fee of $16 per meter drilled, v. up to $26 in the old deals. But companies (such as Esso, Shell, Marathon) that got contracts to prospect point out that they have invested $60 million more than they got back...
Then there were the women. The Russian girls won all ten gold medals, while the U.S. could not even get the minimum 30 points guaranteed for finishing third and fourth in each event. Ohio's Sandra Knott twice fouled her start in the 800-meter run and was disqualified. The same thing happened to California's Rosie Bonds in the 80-meter hurdles. The lone U.S. hurdler left was Indiana's Jo Ann Terry; she tripped over the first hurdle, fell flat on her face-and stayed there...