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...slow on the first lap that Ryun reluctantly decided to do his own pacemaking. His time at the half-1 min. 59 sec.-appeared to rule out any chance of a new record. Then Jim turned it on. With a full 600 yds. to go, he began to sprint, flashed through the last quarter in a fantastic 53.5 sec., and broke the tape at 3 min. 51.1 sec.-paring .2 sec. off his own world mark...
This year's Yale crew, fifth-place in the Eastern Sprints which Harvard won, is currently experimenting with an Italian shell and rigging in an attempt to bolster its sprint power. The Crimson crew will consist of the same oarsmen that have rowed since the second meet of the season...
Yardlings were weaker in the sprints. But Ray Hornblower, Bob Lyng, and Jon Polansky were able to score enough seconds and thirds to keep the opposition honest. The sprint relay team of Metzger, Lyng, Avault, and Hornblower ran only one really good race, but it was when it counted: against Yale...
...even the installation of many Spartan batteries-backed up by smaller and faster Sprint missiles for short-range interception of ICBMs that penetrate the X-ray curtain-would not provide sufficient protection against a determined and massive attack by the Soviet Union. Using shielding, decoys, multiple and maneuverable warheads and radar-jamming chaff or nuclear explosions, the Russians could confuse and overwhelm U.S. defenses-just as the U.S. could overcome theirs...
...Crimson rowed the race very low, at 32, while Penn maintained a cadence of 36-37. Cornell also stroked at 32. At 1000 meters it was Penn by three seats over Harvard. The sprint began. Cornell up to 35, and the Crimson finally mustering a closing 38. It was not enough to narrow the three-quarters length gap that separated Harvard from the winning Quakers, but it was almost enough to catch Cornell, which finished two seats ahead to place second...