(Typewriter) Screw Loose

It’s coming up this month to the 91st anniversary of Jesse Owens’s remarkable achievement of establishing six world records on the one afternoon at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His long jump record of 26 feet 8¼ inches (8.13m) stood for a quarter of a century. Later, Bob Beamon soared through rarified air to 29 feet 2 inches (8.9m) at the Mexico City Olympic Games, a record which stood for…