Word: russe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...national hero, and it earned a college education for a Negro lad named Rafer Johnson whose family were so poor that they lived in a boxcar on a railroad siding. The only thing the two-day, ten-event contest has done for California's Bill Toomey, 27, and Russ Hodge, 26, is run up their doctors' bills. Bill suffers from shin splints and heel spurs; Russ has bursitis in his elbow, tendinitis in his knee, and strained ligaments in his ankle...
...Salina, Kans., Toomey scored 8,234 points under the complicated performance tables, and Hodge scored 8,130 to put both over the old world record of 8,089 set in 1963 by Nationalist China's C. K. Yang. Last week at the Los Angeles Times International Games, Russ reversed the decision, beating Bill by eleven points and coming within five points of breaking his world mark...
...farther than Yang, hurled the discus 165 ft. 5 in. (v. Yang's 140 ft. 1 in.). Rooming together in a $110-a-month Santa Barbara apartment (Hodge does the cooking), the two also double as each other's coaches. "I help Russ with his running," says Toomey, "and he helps me with the weight events...
...mellowing. Nobody on the squad has been fined all year. Curfews are lenient, and bed checks are rare. The Orioles obviously are enjoying their new freedom. Outfielder Powell, who batted only .248 last year, was up to .299 last week. Curt Blefary has twelve homers, and Centerfielder Russ Snyder is batting .337. Rightfielder Robinson ranks No. 1 in the American League in homers (22) and runs scored (68), fourth in batting (.312). Third Baseman Brooks Robinson, no relation, is the league leader in RBIs with...
Third baseman Mark Hurwitz is hitting .343, left fielder Dick Paster, .306, catcher Ron Powers .300, and center fielder Russ Imbrenda .293. First baseman Fred Kos has recently slumped to .257 but is potentially the heaviest hitter on the team...