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...mile goes on forever as the backbone of the sport. With Dodds out of the running, all present thought of the dream (4:04) mile vanished, and with it the "marvelous mile'' that might have been, between Dodds and Sweden's great Gunder...
...Gunder ("The Wonder") Hägg, hollow-cheeked Swedish track star, ordered to report for military training in the" Swedish Army, reported for duty one day late, gave as excuse the statement that his charwoman had mislaid the induction notice, was promptly given five days in the guardhouse...
...Sweden's Gunder Hägg; a two-mile race, beating his own two-mile world record of 8:46:4 by three and six-tenths seconds; at Stockholm Stadium. His great rival Arne Andersson, one-mile record holder (TIME, July 31), did not compete...
Although the honors are evenly divided so far, Andersson is the season's standout. Before this year he was a Hagg-ridden runner, could never win against Gunder the Wonder. Arne's finishing kick was better but Gunder's quick start and speed put him always just out of reach...
Last year, while Gunder visited the U.S., Arne experimented with a change of pace, learned to run his own race against great competition. His improvement is so marked that it may upset the balance so recently attained with Hagg. "[Andersson] is really terrific," Hagg said recently, "and may become much better than I am. I think I've just about done my share...