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When Bannister stepped on to the track last week against Don Gehrmann and Fred Wilt, the best of the U.S. milers, conditions were far from ideal for a fast race. The new quarter-mile track had been churned up by some 3,000 pounding runners, a gusty wind was blowing, and any time under 4:10 seemed highly unlikely. For the first half mile Bannister was content to stay with the pack (paced at a stodgy 2:06.2 by Stewart Ray). But before the four runners hit the three-quarter mark, Bannister, clearly impatient with the pace, lengthened his rangy...
...never stopped sprinting. His whirlwind 56.7 final quarter, run with a graceful, almost lazy style, was the most dazzling burst ever seen in the 57-year history of the Penn Relays. It completely beat down Wilt and an off-form Gehrmann, and wiped out Glenn Cunningham's 17-year-old Penn Relay record by 3.5 sec. Bannister's time...
...Cambridge, Mass., Yale Swimmer John Marshall, a world record in the 440-yd. freestyle. Marshall's time: 4:31, 2/10 of a second under his own year-old record. Against 36 Eastern colleges the Yale team swam off with eight of 14 titles. ¶ At Chicago, Don Gehrmann, the Banker's Mile in 4:09.7, over FBI-man Fred Wilt. The show-stopper in the Chicago Daily News relays: the Rev. Bob Richards' pole-vault of 15 ft. 4¾ in., his highest yet, but still three inches short of Cornelius Warmerdam's world record...
...Manhattan, Miler Fred Wilt over Don Gehrmann, for the first time in their nine meetings. Wilt got an assist from his clubmate, Stewart Ray, who let Wilt pass him, sprinted against Gehrmann. Said Wilt: "Don's still the better miler." ¶In Philadelphia, the Columbia University basketball team over Pennsylvania, 63-58, for the Ivy League title and unbeaten Columbia's 21st victory. ¶In Arcadia, Calif., longshot (10-1) Moonrush, the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, by a neck over Next Move. ¶In Hialeah, Fla., Yildiz, the $50,000 Flamingo Stakes for up & coming three-year...
...Francisco, ex-Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,* a tenth-round technical knockout, over California's inept Champion Andy Walker. ¶In Manhattan, the Manhattan College track team over Seton Hall, 29 to 27 2/7, in the 45-college I.C.4-A meet. In the non-collegiate feature of the event, Don Gehrmann won his 39th consecutive mile, a whisker victory over FBI-man Fred Wilt. The time (for both): 4:08.6. ¶ In New Haven, Conn., Australia's (and Yale's) Swimmer John Marshall, to set a new U.S. record for the 440-yd. free style. Marshall's time...