Yale's burly (6 ft. 1 in., 215 Ibs.), black-haired Jim Fuchs has broken world or meet records in every outing this spring. Last week, in his graduation performance in the I.C.4-A.-track & field meet at New York City's Randalls Island, he had something of an off day. He did not break the world record again; he merely broke his own meet record by more than a foot (in a qualifying toss), placed second in the discus and led Yale to the team title over 46 competing colleges.
As theatrical as he is efficient, Fuchs spits on his gold-colored, 16-lb. shot and thoughtfully...
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