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Mostly Mental. Most from of the U.S. trackmen-recruited 20-odd states - had met for the first time on the cinders at Evanston, Ill. three weeks ago, or on the trip over. The 1948 squad differed a little from former U.S. teams: the majority of them were ex-G.I.s, many were married, and some had kids at home. At one training table, nobody followed the ancient Greek rule - designed to prevent dyspepsia and headaches - that only the lightest topics be discussed at mealtimes. The conversation volleyed from the high price of neckties to reincarnation (one sprinter wanted to come...
Sleepless Night. Three weeks ago, when he set out for Evanston to compete for a berth on the Olympic team, he suddenly realized that he was on his own: "I wish I could have brought Shirley Ann along-she kind of organizes me." At the Great Lakes Training Station, where the athletes were quartered four to a room, all his roommates talked about was winning. The night before, he couldn't sleep a wink. Next day in the 100 meters,* he got a slow start and lost out to veteran 30-year-old Barney Ewell, who won in world...
Today, with the Olympic tryouts at Diche Stadium, Evanston, only a month away, Folton is high man in this country with a heave of 180 feet, 5 1/2 inches, made at last Saturday's New York AC meet. He has won the hammer throw in every meet he has entered this spring, including the IC4A championships, and is favored to take the National Collegiate title at Minneapolis this Saturday, and the National AAU crown on July 2-3 at Milwaukee. He set new Harvard records in both the hammer and discus during the recent season...
...Sodium fluoride is being added to drinking water in long-range dental experiments in at least ten U.S. and Canadian cities: Newburgh, N.Y.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Bradford, Ont.; Sheboygan, Wis.; Midland, Mich.; Marshall, Tex.; Ottawa, Kans.; Evanston, 111.; Crossett, Ark.; Lewiston, Idaho...
Walter Coulson, of Lowell House and Lawrence, will serve as chairman; John E. Carlson of Lowell House and Belmont, as Secretary; and Arthur F. Stake of Lowell House and Evanston, III., as Treasurer...