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Next day, in a tune-up meet at Geelong, 45 miles away, the U.S. team put on a spectacular performance. Nearly all the injured had recovered; they bore down and won six out of eight events, swept the first three places in four of them. Parry O'Brien, world's best shotputter, got off a 60 ft. 4½ in. toss to stay in front of Teammates Bill Nieder and Ken Banturn. California's Bob Richards and Bob Gutowski cleared 14 ft. 8 in. and George Mattos reached 14 ft. to dominate the pole vault. Lanky Charley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greatest U.S. Team Ever | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...varsity hockey team faces another mid-week breather tomorrow, a tune-up for the important final game of the season against Boston College on Saturday. A Tufts sextet that was badly beaten (13-3) by the Crimson in December will play a 4 p.m. game at the Watson Rink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Sextet to Face Weak Tufts Team Tomorrow | 2/21/1956 | See Source »

Sophomore Heckscher, Crimson number one man, is expected to defeat his Trinity opponent, Wade Close in a tune-up for the National Intercollegiate Championships, Saturday, Feb. 19, in Detroit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Squash Team Will Meet Hilltoppers Here | 2/16/1955 | See Source »

...Huskies upset Boston University during the Christmas holidays but may provide only enough opposition for a Crimson tune-up in preparation for Tuesday's Pentagonal League opener with Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Sextet Will Face Huskies In Inaugural of New Watson Rink | 1/7/1955 | See Source »

...winning team will probably need three, possibly four touchdowns this Saturday. Yale has a strong team and a five point advantage. But Harvard seems ready--it can either beat itself or the Elis, and on the basis of the Brown tune-up, the latter looks better

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/18/1954 | See Source »

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