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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Iness of the University of Southern California is an amiable young fellow of awesome proportions: 6 ft. 6 in., 250 lbs. Standing in the discus circle at the N.C.A.A. championships last week, Iness prepared for his final toss. Some 15,000 pairs of eyes were on him as he mopped his brow, pursed his lips, frowned, crouched, then went into his spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beyond the Flag | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

California Shot-Putter Parry O'Brien, who broke a distance barrier a fortnight ago with a world record toss of 59 ft,¾ in., set up a 60-ft. standard for himself at the Compton meet with another record heave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest American Mile | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...should be a humdinger of a match," Barnaby admitted yesterday. "We know Yale's strong and we know we're pretty strong. I'd rate it a toss...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Crimson Tennis Team Meets Favored Elis in Finale Here | 5/14/1953 | See Source »

...start of the race, Princeton pitted its undefeated record against the 1-1 records of both Yale and Harvard. The Crimson J.V. shell beat out Columbia and M.I.T. and was rated a toss-up with the Tiger eight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger 150's Defeat Varsity; J.V., Yardling Crews Win | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...match is a toss-up. The Crimson pulled out a narrow 5 to 4 victory over essentially the same Lord Jeff team last year. But this spring Amherst has already turned in an impressive losing effort to powerful Yale. Both schools slaughtered their only common opponent, Brown, by identical 9-to-0 scores...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Crimson Plays Jeff Netmen Here at 2 p.m. | 5/2/1953 | See Source »

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