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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attack with the poise of a polished veteran. In the San Diego game, he completed 14 of 22 passes for 292 yds., tossed for three touchdowns, and ran for the fourth himself as Cincinnati routed the Chargers, 34-20. Against powerful Kansas City last week, he fired a 73-yd. scoring pass to Eric Crabtree in the first quarter and completed four more passes before retiring to the sidelines with a bruised arm. Meanwhile Bill Bergey, a blocky (6 ft. 2 in., 240 lbs.), first-year linebacker from Arkansas State, ravaged the Chiefs' running attack with 13 unassisted tackles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Rookies on a Rampage | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

...same pattern has emerged in 1969. At the recent N.C.A.A. championships in Nashville, Tenn., an unknown 440-yd. runner named Curtis Mills streaked across the tape in 44.7 sec., .1 sec. under the two-year-old world mark. The first black trackman in the history of Texas A. & M., Mills whipped the Olympics' top two quarter-milers -Lee Evans and Larry James. Villanova's Marty Liquori, who finished dead last in the 1,500-meter finals in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, defeated World Record Holder Jim Ryun after nine tries in the mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track And Field: Crossing the Bar | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

...Stunt Man Evel Knievel plans to race a jet-powered motorcycle down a ramp at 280 m.p.h. and-God and the authorities willing-jump across the Grand Canyon. Last week Henry Carr, Detroit Lions defensive back and former Olympic 200-meter-dash champion, raced a pacer over a 110-yd. course and won by 10 yds. "I never beat the horses at the betting window," he said, "so I wanted to see if I could beat them on the track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventures: The Uncommon Men | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...Pelletier (A), 3) Coleman (H), 6'7". Shot Put--1) Benka (H),, 2) Ajootian (H), 3) Hass (A), 161'11". 440 Hurdles--1) Spear (A), 2) Lounsberry (H), 3) Metzger (H), 54.0. Mile Run--three-way tie: Pottetti (H), Heyburn (H), and Spengler (H), 4:17.5. 440 yd. Dash-- 1) Forsythe (A), 2) Gillis (H), 3) Lemaster (A), 48.5 100 yd. Dash--1) Flanagan (A), 2) Groves (A), 3) Schneider (H), 10.0 88 yd. Run--1) Shaw (H), 2) Colburn (H), 3) Osman (A), 1:52.5. 220 yd. Dash0--1) Forsythe (A), 2) Schneider (H), 3) Flanagan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Szarp Stars as Thinclads Trip Army in 88-66 Battle | 4/21/1969 | See Source »

...YPSL and YD members plan to circulate a petition demanding that "the Corporation make no contract concerning ROTC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YD Resolution on ROTC Charges Corporation Will Overrule Faculty | 3/25/1969 | See Source »

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