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Died. Carl O. Sauer, 85, American geographer; in Berkeley, Calif. As chairman of the geography department of the University of California at Berkeley from 1923-54, Sauer impressed on his students the need to find "humane ways" to use earth's resources. Sauer was equally comfortable discussing ancient literature, leading expeditions to Baja California, or interviewing small farmers about soil erosion. His best-known books, Northern Mists and The Early Spanish Main, contended that Irish monks reached North America before Leif Ericson, and that Christopher Columbus had been an unstable governor of the West Indies, setting policies that nearly...
Typical of this relentless breed is Dave Sauer, 39, a refrigeration engineer from Pittsburgh. He began running four years ago to stay in shape, soon became hooked enough to enter local races. Just a year ago he started serious training for the Boston Marathon, dutifully logging ten miles each evening in a park near his home. After sending in his $2 entry fee, Sauer withdrew $300 from his "Boston Marathon fund" and flew east for a long, punishing weekend. "Runners like myself don't expect to win," he said prophetically. "We have the competitive urge, but we run against...
...milling throng that Sauer joined at the starting line in rural Hopkinton, Mass., was motley, to say the least. Along with serious competitors from a dozen countries, there were college kids out for a lark, aging jocks in flowered bathing suits competing on a dare, drinking companions who planned to pace themselves with stops at wayside taverns and-officially for only the second year-women of all ages. Alfred Ventrillo, a sightless, 65-year-old pensioner, was running "to inspire blind people." Author Erich Segal was toting a portable microphone to record his on-the-run comments...