Word: straws
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...other Crimson entries did not qualify for the finals in the face of some of the fastest times in the country. In the 500-yard freestyle. Dick McDonough of Villanova led Yale's Lyn Straw to the finish in 5:02.3, the fastest time in the East this year...
...what coach Bill Brooks called "the greatest swimming race I've ever seen." Abramson cut a phenomental 8.5 seconds off his best time in the 500-yard freestyle to beat Eli favorite Lyn Straw. Abramson jumped to an early lead, and held it for half the race before Straw made his bid. The Yale star pulled slightly ahead, but Abramson refused to fall more than half a body-length behind. With 75 yards left to swim, Abramson pulled even, but his turn was slow at the start of the final 50 yards and Straw regained the lead. Abramson...
...Rice-Y; 3) Skalinder-H (new pool record. Old record 48.6, by Kaufmann, Harvard, 1962); 200-yd. backstroke: 1) Goettsche-Y, 2:01.2; 2) Stevens-Y; 3) Bennett-H (new pool record. Old record 2:01.4 by Graef, Princeton, 1962); 500-yd. freestyle: 1) Abramson-H, 5:05.2; 2) Straw-Y; 3) Townsend-Y (new pool and Harvard record. Old records 2:13.7 by Abramson, Harvard, 1963); 200-yd. breaststroke: 1) Pringle-H, 2:18.5; 2) Chadsey-H; 3) Kelfer-Y; 400-yd. free relay: 1) Yale (Galton, Mussman, Lyons, Austin) 3:15.5 (new pool record).JOHN PRINGLE winning breaststroke...
...only place he can keep his body heat down. In comes one of his hoods to report a botched heist. Augie pulls a wicked knife, slams the hood against a meathook, and threatens to make him look like a slab of Grade A Prime. A woman in pink slacks, straw hat and cowboy boots interrupts. "Peter, darling," she husks, "hold the knife this way. And make sure we see that sweet meathook...
...event in the NCAA, the 500-yard freestyle replaces the old 440-yard swim. The best time submitted to the NCAA for a record so far this year has been a 5:16.8 by junior Lyn Straw of Yale. The fact that Abramson set his fine time virtually without competition makes the prospect of his meeting Straw in the Yale meet a genuinely exciting...