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Budlong and Fearey are the mainstays of the weight squad. Bob Russell and Frank Jourdan, a converted quarter-miler, may pick up points in the 220. Roger Shaefer is not far behind Donahue in the hurdles. Westmore Willcox, 3rd, whose father holds the meet record in that event, will run the quarter. David Ives in the broad jump and pole vault, Rosenberger in the latter event if his ankle heals, Russell and Weed in the high jump. Whit Dodge in the half, and Baker in the mile all may garner vital seconds and thirds...
...Campbell, Jr. '41, of Huntington, West Virginia, and Thayer Hall, was elected Freshman track captain by the team yesterday. Campbell was on the Phillips Exeter track team under Coach Henry Carrell. As a Freshman this winter he ran the 600, and outdoors he has developed into the star half-miler. In the University Handicap Meet his time in the half...
Born in Turkey, of Greek and Armenian parents, Albert Isaac Bezzerides reached the U. S. when he was nine months old, grew up on his father's farm near Fresno, was a champion quarter-miler in high school. Unable to pronounce his name ("Buzz-air-uh-dees"), his schoolmates called him Buzzard's Knees. He won a scholarship to the University of California, quit in disgust three months before graduation. Then he settled down to truck driving. When he got married he began to write. Prodded on by his wife, he began selling stories to Story, Scribner...
...Dartmouth fortnight ago Miler Glenn Cunningham ran the world's fastest mile in 4 min. 4.4 sec. Last week, with his Dartmouth record not yet officially accepted, he competed in the annual games of the Knights of Columbus in Manhattan. Without close competition-Gene Venzke crossed the line 30 yards behind him-he breezed through a mile in 4 min. 7.4 sec., breaking his own (recognized) indoor record by one second. Seventy minutes later he attempted something more difficult. He entered the 600-yard race, less than half his usual distance. The others made a sprinting start. He elected...
...only did his amazing performance establish Glenn Cunningham as the fastest miler in the world, but it demonstrated conclusively that he is also the most consistent. Only 18 times in foot-racing history has a man run a mile under 4:10- the dividing line between milers and super milers. Superman Cunningham did it last week for the eighth time. Track experts predicted that Cunningham will do a 4:03 mile...