Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's track team virtually wrapped up the outdoor Greater Boston Championships yesterday afternoon in Harvard stadium, by winning five of the eight field events and piling up an insurmountable 42 1/2-point first-day lead...
Fans cheered, ushers and grounds keepers waved hello, and rookies nudged one another. There, wearing the familiar No. 5 and a lopsided grin stood a nostalgic figure- the matchless Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, 53, back on the field in Yankee Stadium after 17 years of retirement. Instead of sporting those familiar Yankee pin stripes, though, Joe trotted onto the diamond in the canary-and-green uniform he wears for his new job as vice president and batting coach of the rival Oakland Athletics. "It's not the same " said DiMag, taking a look around the recently renovated stadium. True...
Harvard filled the air with record throws. In the javelin sophomore Frank Champi set a new university record with a toss of 224'1", thirteen feet beyond his previous best. Shot-putter Dick Benka set a meet record with a toss of 56 feet and Ron Wilson broke the stadium record with a 167 foot discus throw. Charley Ajootian set a personal record with a 187 foot hammer toss...
...four-minute mile escaped Baker once again as he edged out teammate Roy Shaw in the time of 4:08.4, but he came back in the two-mile event to batter the stadium record by 6 seconds. Doug Hardin also finished under the old mark, only a second behind Baker...
...three and finally four gold medals, the camera caught Hitler's face as he smoldered with rage. He would not shake hands with the winner. Owens, now a fit 54 and in public relations, narrated his own story with commendable understatement. Revisiting the empty old Berlin Olympic Stadium 32 years later, he declared that he had not been embittered by Hitler's snub. "I'm here. He's not," reported Owens. "That is enough answer...