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...Fresno, Calif., Shotputter Parry O'Brien who set a world record (60 ft. 5¼: in.) a fortnight ago in his specialty, switched to the discus at the West Coast Relays and beat World Record Holder Fortune Gordien with a toss of 184 ft. 1½ in. Only two men have tossed the discus farther: Gordien and Olympic Record Holder Sim Iness. ¶At Indianapolis, qualifying for the Memorial Day 500-miler, Jack McGrath set a new record for the four-lap (ten miles) sprint of 141.033 m.p.h. Old (1952) record: 139.034 m.p.h., set by the late Chet Miller...
Other winners for Coach Al Wilson were Joel Cohen, 120 high and 220 low hurdles; Warren Plath, broad jump; Ron Eikenberry, 100 and 220 yard dashes; Dick Wharton, half mile (1:59.8); Tony Giannelly, discus and shot put; Pete Harpel, hammer throw; Frank Weller and Hank Moore, high jump...
...King-size (6 ft. 1 in., 210 lbs.) Pardu-man Singh of India, dubbed the "Samson" of the meet. Blackbearded Singh, a Sikh sergeant in the Indian army's armored corps, won the shotput (46 ft. 4⅝ in.) and discus...
Yale captured five events and tied for first in another, including Thomson's wins in the hammer throw, shot put, and discus. His toss of 180-feet-four-inches in the hammer broke the Heptagonal record of 178-5 1/4 set by the Crimson's Sam Felton in 1948, and the Soldiers Field record of 180 1/4 set by Felton in the same year...
Stew Thomson, Tom Henderson, and Bill Donegan are the key performers for Coach Bob Giegengack's squad. Thomson and Henderson should take one and two in the discus, while paicing high in the shot put and hammer throw. Donegan is picked to win the pole vault...