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Texas' Democratic Representative Omar Burleson picked up his ringing telephone. At the other end of the line was the President...
Fortnight ago, Snell ran in the Los Angeles Coliseum Relays against two of the U.S.'s fleetest milers: Dyrol Burleson (best time: 3 min. 57.6 sec.) and Jim Grelle (3 min. 58.9 sec.). Burleson, who had beaten Snell twice before, was confident of victory, and for the first three-quarters of the race, it looked as though he might win. Snell was maintaining a 5-yd. lead, but the lanky Oregonian is well known for his finishing kick. With only an eighth of a mile to go, Snell lowered his head and started sprinting. By the time Burleson reacted...
...took off like a rocket," said Burleson later. "He just went whoosh." Snell broke the tape in 3 min. 56.1 sec.-the fastest mile ever run in the U.S. Astonished dockers timed his last 120 yds. in 13.4 sec.-the equivalent, approximately, of a 10-sec. 100-yd. dash. Said Snell: ""I was never in doubt I would...
...Zealand's Peter Snell, 23, world's fastest miler (3:54.4), over the U.S.'s best, Oregon's Dyrol Burleson, in a new American record time of 3:56.1; at Los Angeles Coliseum Relays. Burleson clung to the pace for three laps, but on the final go-round Snell turned on his famous kick, sprinted the last 220 yds. in a blazing 24.5 sec., hit the tape more than...
...Southern California's track and field team ran away with the N.C.A.A. championships in Philadelphia, scored 65 points to Oregon's 47, Villanova's 40. Some outstanding performers: Oregon's Dyrol Burleson with a 4:00.5 mile; Villanova's Frank Budd who ran the 100 in 9.4 sec., then took the 220 in 20.8 sec.; University of New Mexico Sophomore Adolph Plummer, who ran the 440 in 46.2 sec. and won a photo finish from Abilene Christian's favored Earl Young...