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Shocked by the extreme severity of the punishment, other U.S. athletes-both black and white-rallied to Smith and Carlos' defense. "This is terrible, awful," said Highjumper Ed Caruthers, a Negro. "If Tommie and John have to go home," said Sprinter Ron Freeman, "I think there will be a lot of guys going home." "Some white ones too," added Hammer Thrower Harold Connolly. Most distraught by Smith and Carlos' suspension was their close friend and fellow militant Lee Evans, favorite to win last week's 400-meter dash at Mexico City. So shaken that...
...gifted athlete, big (6-3, 215) and fast (he has lettered as a sprinter on the track team) Carter Lord teamed with Ric Zimmerman to revolutionize Harvard football. Lord broke all the school's pass catching records (he grabbed nine in his career finale against Yale) and was instrumental in Harvard's Ivy League co-championship in 1966. Also the captain of the baseball team, Lord attracted major league scouts with his wide range as a center fielder and his powerful swing. Although he did not hit as well this spring as in the past, his coaches give him much...
Director Jean-Luc Godard often seems like a sprinter who keeps trying to run the mile - and fails. This time he goes the distance: Les Carabiniers is quite possibly Godard's finest film since his first, the artful Breathless...
While the decision was popular, it set a dangerous precedent. What, for example, is to prevent Egypt and its friends from attempting the same tactic to force the expulsion of Israel? And the people most sorely hurt by the I.O.C. action are South Africa's athletes. For Sprinter Paul Nash, who last month tied the 100-meter world record four times in eight days, or for Swimmer Karen Muir, the world's No. 1 backstroker, it means losing a crack at Olympic gold medals. Both Nash and Muir are white. For the blacks on South Africa...
Captain Jeff Huvelle, distance runner Jim Baker, hurdler Frank Haggerty and sprinter George Patterson led Harvard's track team to a 129-24 romp over visiting Brown on Saturday. Crimson performers took first place in every event except the broad jump and swept all 3 places in 5 events...