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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Fridov, October 11, 1968
Speaking of sports Eat your way to glory
By Ron Yates, Kansan sports editor
During an Olympic year, we hear all about records being broken, or records which might be broken and even about records which should have been broken.
But how about those people who do not compete in the world of sports because they are not athletically inclined or who are just plain not interested in sports? What records can they break? No, not phonograph records, but gastronomic records.
gastronomic records," you say. "What can a person do in the gastronomic world?" you ask.
Well, there are plenty of records just waiting to be broken, one of which is over 80 years old.
For example, the "Guinness Book of World Records," which lists a number of confirmed gastronomic records, says that the world's record for eating meat was set by Johann Ketzler of Germany in 1880 when the hungry German consumed one whole roast ox in 42 days. Anyone ready to take that record on?
Getting into areas where any red-blooded, American college student might feel competent, we find that the world's record for eating raw eggs was set May 10, 1965 in Ipswich, England by Cecil Barham, 53 years old. Cecil inhaled 54 eggs in two minutes flat.
53 years old. Cecil inhaled 56 raw eggs in two minutes that "Gulp."
The world's record for eating boiled eggs was set by Georges Grogniet of Belgium, May 31, 1956 when Georges consumed 44 boiled eggs in 30 minutes.
Probably the king of the gastronomic world record holders is Edward Abraham ("Bozo") Miller, a native of Oakland, Calif. The 59-year-old Miller, who stands 5 feet $7\%$ inches tall and weighs about 280 pounds, has been undefeated in eating contests since 1931. Bozo consumes up to 25,000 calories per day.
Bozo's records can cause heartburn just looking at them.
Bozo set the record in the chicken competition when in 1963 he bolted down 27 two-pound pullets at Trader Vic's restaurant in San Francisco.
Another impressive masticating record owned by Bozo is in the ravioli competition. In 1963 while sitting in the Rendezvous Room in Oakland, Calif., Bozo gulped 324 ravioli—the first 270 in 70 minutes.
"Belch."
If the world Olympic committee ever decides to insert gastronomic competition into the games, Bozo could very well be the U.S. representative.
Other world records include
upright world, we take a seat in the Hamburgers: 77 at one sitting, by Phillip Yazdzik in Chicago in 1955
Potato chips: 30 bags in 29 minutes, 50 seconds without a drink, by Akim Akintola (Nigeria) at Manchester College of Science and Technology in England. Feb. 28, 1965.
Bananas: 40 in 39 minutes, 40 seconds by Anthony Figg, at Eaststeich Technical College, Hampshire, England, May 26, 1967.
Oysters: 480 in 60 minutes by Joe Garcia, (Australia), in Melbourne, Feb. 5, 1955.
Prunes: 104 in 11 minutes, 2.1 seconds, by N.E. G. Newwell at St. Johns College, Durham University, England Nov. 21, 1966.
Perhaps the most sought-after record in today's gastronomic competition is in the beer-drinking category.
The world's record for beer-drinking was set Dec. 4, 1964 when Lawrence Hill of Bolton, Lancashire, England drained a $2\frac{1}{2}$-pint yard of ale in $6\%$ seconds. Michael M. Douglas quaffed a 3-pint yard in 12.4 seconds in the Edinburgh University Union, Scotland, Feb. 22, 1967
1967. Not even America's Bozo, the Jim Thorpe of the masticating world, could single-handedly challenge the English for the world's title. It will take a common, unified effort on the part of America's leading grazers in order to knock the English from the food throne.
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Nervousness, tension and the usual last-minute preparations occupied the time of the more than 7,800 athletes in Mexico City as they awaited the start of the Games tomorrow.
Olympics' czar re-elected
By LUIS SANTOS
Kansan Sports Writer
George Byers put aside his laundry bag and leaned back on the sofa.
Jesse Owens, the man who infuriated Adolph Hitler in the 1936 Games at Berlin by winning four gold medals, got the day off on the right foot for the American contingent with an inspirational talk at the Olympic village auditorium.
MEXICO CITY (UPI)—A part of the Olympic code reads that "youth shall be served," but yesterday belonged to 81-year-old Chicago millionaire Avery Brundage, who won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee.
come to the 1968 Games as a candidate and said he agreed to run for another four-year term at the insistence of executive committee members.
Brundage, who has served as IOC president since 1952, ran against French Count Jean De Beaumont, and while exact vote figures were not announced, Brundage had a clear majority. The official result was declared unanimous.
KU's fleet-hurdling Byers misses Olympic Games
Brundage insisted he did not
"Of the many places I would like to be in the world, it would be Mexico City," he said. "Just to be there and see it--see all those fantastic times they're setting."
I teel we must all unite in promoting the Olympic ideal, which is being challenged," said Brundage, "and when I was approached by some members of the executive committee, I decided to accept.
"I have said in the past that the Olympic movement is the most important in the world today and I hope this will be
Byers, Kansas City, Mo., senior, is the world recordholder in the 60-yard low hurdles with a 6.5 time. He also holds the Big Eight record in the 120-yard high hurdles.
The low hurdles are run indoors and won't be a part of the Olympic competition at Mexico City.
Byers could have attended the Olympic trials for the high hurdles but decided not because his running for the highs had been erratic. "I figured I didn't have it for the highs," he says.
"The finest team ever," Byers said of the U.S. Olympic track squad. "In many events, they're going to place 1-2-3."
Talking about his world record. Byers said:
"I just told them," said Owens, "of their responsibility as young Americans and young athletes. I stressed the fact that everybody is not going to win but that everybody should do their best to try to win."
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Frank Potts, assistant track and field coach, was especially impressed with Owens' talk.
"I would term it as an inspirational talk," said Potts. "He recalled his victories in Berlin for us. It was a wonderful talk, a really inspirational one."
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