Word: winning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Marathon is made up of about three different races. First, there are a number of runners who are going to try to win. Then, there is a much larger group of more realistic people attempting to finish in respectible time. Finally, there are the clowns who are out for the fun of it, perhaps hoping to finish. But without the clowns, the Marathon would lose a lot of its color...
Those few are John Kelley the elder, John J. Kelley, Amby Burfoot, Ron Daws, Pat McMahon, and an assortment of Mexicans, Japanese, and others. These are the men who might win, with the exception of the 61-years-old Kelley. They make the Boston event one that is respected internationally for its array of running talents...
...jumping events rate as a toss-up this afternoon. High jumper Jim Coleman and triple-jumper Ed Dugger go after their second victories of the season after winning at Brown, while long jumper Skip Hare will be seeking his first win, after a second-place finish last week...
Harvard has never lost possession of the trophy, but will be rowing against a Bruin squad which turned in an impressive win over Boston University last week. Rutgers lost its first two outings by close margins to strong Princeton and Yale...
...There are no restrictions on Corporation membership, except the new appointments must win consent from the Board of Overseers. The 1650 Charter states that the Corporation has "perpetual succession," so its members fill any vacancies themselves. It could choose anyone--students, faculty, Cambridge police--with consent of the Overseers, though traditionally it selects only Harvard College graduates (with the current exception of William L. Marbury, whose only Harvard degree is from the Law School...