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...fact that no rules whatsoever govern the flow of traffic As many as ten streets simultaneously spew cars and people at odd angles into these open areas, and the closest thing to navigating a square in Boston is driving around in an open field. Pedestrians close their eyes and sprint across. None of the dulling certitude of Washington here. None of the blandness of our push-button society. It's man against nature, or what passes for nature these days--the motor...
...Dodge to edge North Carolina's Bobby Isaac by less than the length of a car hood; at Daytona Beach, Fla. The U.S. Auto Club racing champion, winner of the 1964 Indianapolis 500, Foyt once again demonstrated his amazing versatility: alternating between sports cars, stock cars, sprint cars and big Offenhauser-powered Indy roadsters, Foyt has failed to win only two of the races he has entered this year...
...better all season. In early May the eight vanquished previously unbeaten Princeton on the Charles. The victory was a significant upset, but the crew began to smell the Olympics when they swept to a stunning one-length triumph over traditional powerhouse Cornell in the E. A. R. C. Sprint Championships...
When the Harvard crew beat defending champion Cornell to win the Eastern Sprint title May 16, it became the favored boat to represent the United States in the Tokyo Olympics...
...final heat, the Crimson never saw another boat's wake. The Yale crew, after maintaining a blistering pace of 35 to 36 strokes per minute in the early part of the race, fell behind at the half way mark. Cornell made its traditional sprint at the end, but Harry Pollock's boat just responded by picking up its own pace to finish well ahead...