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Last year, Harvard's varsity beat the Bruins by 4.6 seconds over 2000 meters. But this season, bolstered by the return of oarsmen from last year's J.V. squad that upended the Crimson in the Stein Cup and then went on to win the Eastern sprint championship, Brown coach Vic Michaelson is optimistic about his squad's chances...
Terry's only regret in leaving Phoenix was in having to leave behind his Custom Street Machine. "She was beautiful. A maroon falcon sprint jacked up in the back, with meats, and a 427 cu. in. hemi-under-glass mounted in the ashtray...
Mitchell, who swam on Haydon's shoulder for most of the race, was unable to take the lead early and tire out the Princeton swimmer in order to let Baughman, catch up. But, with an exciting final sprint he was able to nip Haydon at the finish and win the race in a new school and pool record time of 4:45.5. Baughman took third with a personal best of 4:50.2, "My strategy was to get him at the end," Mitchell said, "because that is what he tried to do to Baughman...
Charlie offered his answer in 1971. After Ack Ack finished second in a six-furlong sprint at Santa Anita, he ran longer and stronger with each succeeding race. He won the Santa Anita Derby by 1½ lengths, the Hollywood Express by three, the American Handicap by four. All told, Ack Ack won seven of eight starts and a total of $393,000 in the year. Explaining that "he didn't have anything more to prove," Whittingham and Ack Ack's new owners, Oilman E.E. ("Buddy") Fogelson and his wife, Actress Greer Garson, decided to retire their prize...
...hard wind affected long passes. "The game degenerated to chip and run," said half Frank Gerold. "Once we got the ball all we could do was boot it up past the defense and let the linemen sprint...