Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bait that lured Long back into competition this season, of course, is the prospect of a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics. He will not lack for competition in Tokyo. Randy Matson, a 19-year-old Texas A. & M. freshman, already has a 64 ft. 10½ in. throw to his credit this spring. But by the time the Olympics roll around, Long may be hurling that 16-lb. ball all the way into orbit. "I've always felt that somebody would hit 70 ft. some day," he says. "And the way I'm going, I ought...
Both Bakkensen and Lynch also seem sure to place. Bakkensen's University record toss of 177 ft. 6 in. places him about tenth in the country, but a throw in the 180's, which he seems ready to reach, would vault him well into the top six. Lynch has been improving consistently, and his time of 51.8 seconds in the IC4A's places him sixth in the nation...
...particular, has suddenly begun to click after a fitful season. He ran a smooth :14.3 race in the IC4A's and could possibly place if he could reach :14.0, a time he ran last year. Croasdale failed to place in the hammer in the IC4A's, but a throw in the middle 180's might give the Crimson some points...
...Crimson entries pulls through, the team is very likely to surpass Harvard's previous high score in the meet, which came in 1961 here in Cambridge. If not, the scoring will still be better distributed, for Crimson points in past NCAA's have been remarkably concentrated in the hammer throw, a traditional Crimson speciality...
...head set. But beyond this point, groans turn to giggles and giggles to guffaws. Made by Philippe de Broca, a young French director (The Five-Day Lover) of stunning esprit, the film turns out to be a clumsy but almost continually hilarious parody of the typical next-earthquake-please, throw-away-the-script-boys-this-is-an-action picture...