Word: yd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...replaced at the wheel by Bob Bavier, 46, advertising manager for Yachting Magazine and long known as one of the East Coast's hottest sailors. All of a sudden the crew seemed to come together, and the big white boat started to move. Constellation had a 100-yd. lead on Eagle before fog rolled in to cancel the race. Bavier was back at the helm when the sloops met again in the New York Yacht Club cruise races, which do not count toward cup selection but can have considerable effect on crew morale. In six races Constellation sailed home...
...astonishing thing about the men's meet was that the U.S. did not even field everyone on its first team. Injuries forced out the top three 100-meter sprinters, including the 100-yd. world record holder Bob Hayes, who sat it out for fear of aggravating a pulled leg muscle. But they were hardly missed when 200-Meter Man Henry Carr obligingly boomed home first in the 100, then in the 200, finally ran a leg on a 1,600-meter relay team that won by 70 yds. Milers Tom O'Hara and Dyrol Burleson had to scratch...
...California's Mickey Wright, 29: the United States women's open golf title for a fourth time, at the San Diego Country Club. Forced into a playoff round with Ruth Jessen, Mighty Mickey boomed the ball around the 6,400-yd. course for a man-sized, three-under-par 70 and her seventh victory in twelve tournaments this year. Said her opponent: "I hate to lose, but there is some consolation in losing to the greatest woman golfer in the world...
...lost his humility. Normally one of the best wedge players in the game, he changed his tactics, switched to a No. 7 iron, and ran the ball up to the pin. At the turn, Lema was one under par, and he picked up another two strokes on the 312-yd. twelfth hole-driving the green from the tee, sinking a 30-ft. putt for an eagle 2. "They've got to come and catch me now," said Tony, whose 68 gave him a two-stroke lead...
What does a young man do when he stands 6 ft. 3 in. and weighs 215 Ibs., can run the 100-yd. dash in 9.8 sec., catch footballs like Del Shofner, and belt a baseball out of sight? He could, of course, become an orthopedic surgeon like his old man. But there are easier ways to make a lot of money. Just by signing his name to a contract with the Los Angeles Angels last week, Fred ("Rick") Reichardt of Stevens Point, Wis., picked up a cool $175,000 -which may be the biggest bonus ever paid to a baseball...