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...fifth round, Leonard began scoring with combinations and occasional left hooks. But almost every time he landed, Duran came up with a return salvo. Leonard rallied gamely in the final rounds and easily won the 15th. But afterward Duran said he never had any doubts. "I knew I had won the fight," he declared. "I was more of a man." He certainly was on Friday night, but for thousands of fans the verdict is not yet final. They can hardly wait for a rematch...
...team is the best I've ever been on, senior Tom Lenz, one of the outgoing tri-captains, said earlier this year. "It's the most enthusiastic, the most fun, and the most successful." Part of that success stemmed from the tri-captains themselves--Lenz, Thad McNulty and Joe Salvo--all of whom were drawn from different areas of the team. McNulty, a distance specialist, Salvo, a sprinter, and Lenz, who throws the hammer, provided a real sense of unity in a sport which inherently stresses individualism...
...lowly and the mighty watched solemnly as eight military officers in braided dress uniforms appeared at the door of the Federal Assembly Building adjoining Marx and Engels Square carrying Tito's pale oak coffin. As distant cannons boomed out 21-salvo salutes, the casket was placed on an open gun carriage and covered with the blue, white and red Yugoslav flag. A military band struck up a funeral dirge, Yugoslav air force jets screeched overhead, and a jeep drew the carriage slowly along six-lane Kneza Milosa. Behind the casket, sobbing and dressed in black, was Tito...
...track events got off to a strong start as Harvard's quartet of Joe Salvo, marc Chapus, Bennett Midlo, and Peter Nsiah had little trouble dispatching Yale in the 400-meter relay. The trailing Elis were mericifully disqualified for an illegal handoff in the last...
Harvard sprinters had a field day as well, with Chapus edging out Yale's Bob Cottrell in the 200 meters and a Crimson sweep of Nsiah, Salvo, and Phil Askenazy in the 100-meter dash...