Sport: Match-Up for Munich

When they first ran against each other in 1967, Jim Ryun of the University of Kansas was the world's premier miler and Marty Liquori was a 17-year-old hotshot out of Essex Catholic High in Newark, N.J. At the A.A.U. championships that year, Liquori streaked home in 3 min. 59.8 sec. to shatter the four-minute barrier for the first time in his career. The crowd cheered—but not for Marty. He finished seventh, a full 70 yds. behind Ryun, who set a new—and still unbroken—world record of 3 min. 51.1 sec. for the mile. Last week...