Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Frank Champi qualified for the English trip with a 199 foot throw in the javelin. He was defeated only once during the season, losing to Princeton's Sweeney on the basis of a second throw...
...with each change vaulters have soared ever higher, until the world record is now 17 ft. 61 in. - more than a foot and a half above Hamilton's "ultimate" limit. The foot ball has been narrowed and shortened twice since 1930 to make it easier to hold and throw; and each alteration in its shape has contributed to the wide-open passing game of today's pros. In baseball, oversized fielder's gloves with all-but-magnetic pockets have had a noticeably negative effect on batting averages. The lively "rabbit ball" has almost everyone swinging...
...North Korea committed 59 border violations, half of which resulted in clashes be tween patrols. Seven weeks ago, 60 North Korean and 40 Republic of Korea soldiers clashed and, for the first time since the armistice agreement in 1953, the R.O.K. forces had to use artillery fire to throw back the North Koreans. The North Koreans have also been infiltrating subversives and saboteurs into South Korea, about half of them by sea. They now have fast (40 knots), 60-ft. to 70-ft. boats, designed to look like fishing craft, that regularly land agents along the Southern coast. Others infiltrate...
Three burly Yale men could give McCurdy 5 more firsts. Captain Bob Greenlee won the IC4A shot put with a throw of 55 feet, and sophomore Calvin Hill has jumped 25 feet in the broad jump and 50 feet in the triple jump. Newton's Mark Young is IC4A 440 champ and could also...
Congress is probably not ready to handle the problem of objection to particular wars in this session, but in the meantime, the conference committee on draft legislation should throw out the House's proposed restrictions on regular conscientious objectors. It should urge the President to cut deferments and institute a lottery system as soon as possible...