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...freshman will not race again until this summer. He will go back again to the sprint and hill climb races to improve his technique. "I really think I was out of my class, even though I did comparatively well," Wetzel said. "I need to go over and perfect the basics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Races Pro Circuit | 3/22/1974 | See Source »

...yard freestyle sprint, George Keim swam his best time ever, breaking 22 seconds for the first time in his life, but was edged out by Tim Neville for the first...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Harvard Swimmers Down Yale to Nab Ivy Title | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

Throughout, Crouse tries to find out what makes them tick--in one man, it is the grim resolve to efface with furious work the memory of the sudden death of wife and children. In another, it is his Pheidippides-like determination to sprint to pay telephones and deliver his story before fainting...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Baying At the Heels of the Campaign Pack | 1/17/1974 | See Source »

However, Parker's outstanding eleven-year career, in which his heavyweights compiled a phenomenal 42-4 regular season record and won seven straight Eastern sprint championships from 1964 to 1970, justifies his election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rowing Coach Harry Parker Elected to Crew Hall of Fame | 1/17/1974 | See Source »

Moreover, in a year when pro football languished on a bland, conservative diet of field goals and zone defenses, "the Juice" provided much needed excitement. O.J. would rip through the line, throw a lightning fake, and sprint for distance like a cheetah on the run. As Buffalo Offensive Tackle Bonnie Green tells it, "Blocking for the Juice-hey man, there's no telling where he'll be. He moves so catty, moving to the left and then back to the right. I never know where the Juice is, but when I hear the roar of the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Okey-Doke | 12/24/1973 | See Source »

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