Word: miles
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Presumed Dead. William Willis, 75, solitary sailor who, just for the challenge of it, pitted his skill against the sea in small, hand-built boats; after his battered 11½-ft. sloop Little One was found empty 400 miles west of Ireland and 143 days out of Montauk Point, L.I. A seaman since 15, Willis sailed alone in 1954 aboard a balsa raft from Peru to Samoa, and in 1963-64 made a 10,000-mile solo voyage from Peru to Australia. Before his third and last unsuccessful attempt to reach England from America alone, he said: "The greatest challenge...
...long-distance running. It is probably more than coincidence that Roy ran his two best races when his girl from Wellesley was present to provide inspiration. (Teammates are talking about chipping in to pay her way to the big meets in New York.) The holder of Harvard's indoor mile record, Royce is an explosive runner, but still is not used to running the steady, aggressive race that Hardin has mastered...
...typical fashion, Shaw went to the front early. By the mile mark he was joined by captain Doug Hardin, and the two of them held a slight lead over the top U-Mass trio and Providence pacesetter Marty Robb. Moving smoothly in contrasting running styles, Shaw and Hardin gradually cased away to a thirtyyard lead at the three-mile point...
Fortunately, their places were ably filled. Sophomore Tom Spengler was far back in the pack for the first mile, but now began moving up through the field. He passed Pottetti in the last mile and was gaining on UMass sophomore Ron Wayne when they reached the finish...
...Providence runner, Robb, ran 23:14 on Northeastern's 4.7-mile course last Saturday. In comparison, Harvard victor Royce Shaw was the only runner to better that mark in Wednesday's race. Friar captain Dave Crooke also has the ability to challenge for the lead, and a strong flock of underclassmen could split up the Crimson scoring punch...