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...after the new record at a meet in Koblenz, West Germany. No mile event had been scheduled-its metric near equivalent, the 1,500-meter run, was on the Koblenz menu-but meet organizers quickly obliged Ovett's request and lengthened the finish line by the required 120 yds. As good as his word, Ovett flashed across the tape in 3 min. 48.40 sec. His feat set another record: shortest time needed to break a new mile record...
...American Tom Byers, setting the pace, Coe took more than a full second off Ovett's newborn mark, cutting through the balmy night in 3 min. 47.33 sec. As he had done in Zurich, Coe unleashed a terrific closing kick, taking the lead with some 500 meters (547 yds.) left. When it was over, Coe paid tribute to his obliging pacesetter. Said he: "I credit much of my success tonight to Byers...
...hoped to make his latest vic tory a chain letter by breaking Ovett's 1,500-meter record as well. But a slow early pace kept him nearly 2 sec. slower than Ovett at the 1,500-meter mark (120 yds. short of a mile). Coe shifted into over drive. With a capacity crowd of 23,000 at Zurich's Letzigrund Stadium stamping in rhythm with his every step, he was able to make up lost seconds in the final 100 yds. to finish the mile in record time. He had worked during the winter on his already...
...rolling Franconian countryside, near the point where West Germany, East Germany and Czechoslovakia meet, a U.S. Army helicopter is giving a brisk guided tour of the frontier. The helicopter cruises parallel to the ugly belt of East German barbed wire and minefields, staying about 100 yds. to the safe side. Occasionally the pilot banks sharply to avoid stray "peninsulas" of East German territory jutting out from the fencing. "You have to know this border by heart," says the pilot. "You could get yourself shot at." His passengers are appreciative. "We call those places 'Gotchas,' " he adds pleasantly. Back...
DIED. Clifford Battles, 70, National Football League Hall of Famer who gained a total of 3,542 yds. in his six seasons (1932-38) as a halfback for the Boston Braves (later called the Boston Redskins, then the Washington Redskins) and who, in his team's divisional championship season of 1936, showed remarkable versatility by rushing 176 times for 614 yds., completing 18 passes for 242 yds., catching six passes for 103 yds. and scoring 42 points on six touchdowns; of heart disease; in Clearwater...