Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shaw was the meet's only double winner as he captured the mile-run and the 1000-yard event. His time of 4:14.1 in the mile was fast enough to edge the Crimson's Bob Enscoe by 1.4 seconds. Enscoe was also a close second in the 1000. The Crimson swept both these events, as John Heyburn was third in the mile and Keith Colburn was less than a second behind Enscoe in the 1000-yard...
Pete Billia gave the cadets a lead after the first leg, but Colburn and Enscoe narrowed the margin to only a yard as the anchor men received the batons. Shaw was, running for the Crimson against Larry Lemaster, the winner in the 600-yard run. Shaw attempted to pass Lemaster on three straightaways, but Lemaster refused to yield and hit the tape half-a-yard ahead of Harvard's ace to give his team...
Graham was the meet's only double winner, as he competed successfully in the freestyle at both 500 and 1000 yards. Powrie was second to Graham in the 1000 and was also runner-up in the 200-yard breaststroke behind Navy's Glen Stockdale. In the 200-yard individual medley, Poirier broke the Columbia pool record with a time...
...events of particular interest today should be the 500-yard free and the 1000-yard free, Graham's two events in the Columbia contest. In the 500, he is likely to go against Harvard's star Steve Krause, who has won the event in both his previous meets. In the 100 his opponent will probably be Dave Powlison, another outstanding sophomore. Brooks said he is not yet sure exactly how he will juggle his several capable freestylers...
...Hong Kong flu has come to Harvard. In the elevators you see people sniffle, and in the Yard puddles of nausea mark the paths from the Union. One sufferer told the University Health Services, "I think I have the flu"--and a nurse broke in, "You and fifty million others...