Word: oxfords
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surly bunch of Harvard and Yale trackmen traveled to England to see if their Anglo-Saxon bretheren at Oxford and Cambridge could exert themselves beyond a dainty lift of a teacup. The Englishmen in fact, could. And since that time, they have won 11 of the 21 trans-A antic meets...
...outstanding Harvard or Yale performer in every event, save the high jump. There Yale's Al Evans and Randy Ralls might try to better their own personal marks of 6 ft. 6 in., but it would be blatantly egotistical for them to nourish the faintest hopes of defeating Oxford's Chris Pardee, the same lanky fellow who jumped 7 ft. as a Harvard senior last year...
Neither of Yale's high hurdlers--Jim Moore and El Evans--are exceptional performers, but the fact that Oxford and Cambridge have total bunglers in this event makes the Elis solid favorites...
Except for Pardee, Oxford-Cambridge has only one performer who is a sure winner. Al Altman of Oxford, South African three-mile record holder,is a cut-and-a-half above Harvard's Jim Baker (of Northfleet, England) and Doug Hardin in the two mile. Altman, if he also runs in the mile. will have not so easy a time with Shaw and Yale's Steve Bittner, both who run the mile under...
...Enthusiasm. An Oxford graduate and the son of a millionaire Ibo financier, Lieut. Colonel Ojukwu is more than a match for Gowon, who grew up in the more provincial Middle Belt region and learned most of his lessons in the army. For months, Ojukwu has been gradually removing the last traces of federal influence in the East. Gowon made concessions, but he insisted on the principle of a strong central government. Then last week Gowon forced Ojukwu over the brink by announcing a plan to divide Nigeria's regions into twelve states, three of them to be carved...