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...meter heat. (At Berkeley doctors hoped that Duke's David Sime, recuperating from a pulled groin muscle, would be able to resume his duel with Morrow at Los Angeles and try for an Olympic berth.) Pitt's lithe Negro star Arnie Sowell easily stood off Olympic Champion Mai Whitfield in an 800-meter heat and set a new A.A.U. record of 1 :49.8. For the first time in four years, World Record Holder Parry O'Brien was beaten in the shotput, edged by New York Pioneer Club's Ken Bantum's 59-ft.1...
...satire by Marcel Ayme, is a thorough delight and will soon be brought to America. Clive Brook, as the Count, is a bestial huntsman converted by a miracle to equally vehement Christianity. He decides that his son must marry that humblest of all creatures, the town prostitute (played by Mai Zetterling). Without sacrificing any humor, the play deepens from farce to genuine reverence. Its unresolved conclusion, called by one London critic "seatty and sacreligious," is just the opposite, if there is an antonym for "seatty." The Count is mad; he is also touched...
...National Amateur Athletic Union track and field championships at Boulder, Colo., the thin air at 5,350 ft. above sea level proved a tonic for the University of Pittsburgh's Arnie Sowell, winner of the 880-yd. run in 1 min. 47.6 sec., a full second under Mai Whitfield's listed world record. The atmosphere was not so kind to the milers: the U.S. Marines' Wes Santee, top U.S. hope for cracking the 4-minute-mile barrier, beat out his old rival, the Army's Fred Dwyer, by 25 yards, but Winner Santee's time...
...Pittsburgh's Arnie Sowell beat Olympian Mai Whitfield and set a games record for the 800-meter...
...Knights of Columbus Athletic Meet in Madison Square Garden, Defending Champion Mai Whitfield was nosed out by Villanova Alumnus Joe Gaffney in the 600-yd. run, and another ex-titleholder proved a disappointment even while winning. Miler Wes Santee lazed home in 4:10.4, one of the slowest times of the winter season...