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Aggrey Awori and Chris Ohiri finished one-two in the broad jump indoors at Cornell, but neither has topped 23'9" this spring. Midshipman Jerry Negin has the season's best jump, a 23' 11" effort, and teammate Steve Bliss has also lept past the 23-foot mark...
...javelin will pit Paul Mallas of Navy against Columbia's Len, DeFlore for the championship. Croasdale should cop the hammer throw with Columbia's Bill Brown, Cornell's Gage, and Midshipman Bill Gleeson the top contenders. All have topped...
...Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Jr., 57, new U.S. Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), succeeds retiring Admiral Harry Donald Felt (TIME cover, Jan. 6, 1961) as chief of the largest military command in the world, spanning 85 million square miles and including the hot war in South Viet Nam. In midshipman days, quiet-spoken Admiral Sharp was tagged with the nickname Ole and he still carries it-along with a reputation as "the old-shoe admiral." But, says one fellow officer, "he has a voluminous memory, a mind like a sponge" and, when provoked, "can really explode." His specialty: providing clear...
...capacity crowd of 4500 sat gasping at the finish as Midshipman pole vaulter Mike Brown, missed on three attempts at 15 ft., 8 in. Had he cleared the height, his team would have won the meet...
Even these disasters weren't enough to put Navy within reach of the title until Army's disqualification in the mile relay gave the Middies a surprise two points in the event. The ruling placed Annapolis' hopes squarely around Midshipman Brown's neck, just as he was chugging down the runway for his second assault of the 15 ft., 8 in. high crossbar...