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The 500-mile Indianapolis auto race started taking its toll early. Defending Champion Jimmy Bryan quit after only two laps, when his Belond Special, hastily rebuilt after a disastrous engine freeze-up only one week before, developed clutch trouble. Mike Magill went to the hospital with neck injuries after hitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Win for Ward | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

An hour later Benjamin faced the Big Red's Nat Cravener in the two-mile. The two men raced neck-and-neck until Cravener passed Benjamin with two laps to go. Again Benjamin turned on his overwhelming finishing kick, winning this time by more than 15 yards in the meet...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Squad Beats Penn, Cornell By Large Margins in Triangulars | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

But Katterman was not through yet. After the Quaker and Crimson mile relay teams had battled it out for three laps, he and Gordon hooked up in another battle, with Katterman coming home first. The team's 3:19.8 was good for another meet record.

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Squad Beats Penn, Cornell By Large Margins in Triangulars | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

In its time, Lefty was as notable for its formal audacity as for its rabble-rousing radicalism; nowadays we are almost used to seeing more actors in the auditorium than on the stage, but Mr. Odets exploited his gimmick skillfully, and it still works. The stage at Agassiz represents the...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Waiting for Lefty | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

In North Sydney, athletic (5 ft. 8 in., 151 Ibs.) Sylvia thrashed to world butterfly records for 220 yds. and 200 meters in 2:40.3. At the national championships in Hobart, Tasmania, she chased Australia's lisa Konrads so closely in the 880-yd. free style that 14-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Water Sprite | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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