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...previous appearances of Bingham as an official in the Palmer Stadium, world's records have been set by the athletes. The first occasion was the record-smashing mile of Jack Lovelock, British miler, in the Oxford-Cambridge meet held in 1933. Lovelock's time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECORDS FALL AS BINGHAM TOTES TRICK TIMEPIECE TO TIGERTOWN TRACK MEET | 6/7/1935 | See Source »

...Bliss, Johnny Dorman, and Bill O'Connor, Harvard might sweep the 800 over Ryan, Yale half miler who took second against Princeton last Saturday. In any case Harvard should sweep the 1500, if Scheu and Bliss both run it, as they probably will. Bob Woodward is good for a place over Yale's best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CINDERMEN FAVORED TO BREAK ELI TRACK JINX | 5/23/1935 | See Source »

...university (L. S. U.), shot-putter by day and Baton Rouge policeman by night, posed for the Press and languidly tossed a 12-lb. shot 62 ft. ½ in. to break the world's record of 60 ft. 5½ in. His famed former teammate, Quarter-Miler Glenn Hardin, won the 400-metre hurdles, then ran anchor on the Louisiana State two-mile relay team that nosed out Army. Temple's spry little Negro Eulace Peacock took the 100-metre dash and the broad jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Penn. v. Drake | 5/6/1935 | See Source »

...distance runners, led by Captain Scheu and Bob Playfair, are good for first places in mile and two-mile in almost any collegiate meet. Scheu has beaten every collegiate miler in the country with the exception of Venzke. Quimby, Turley, and Meaden will be Scheu's most formidable opponents during the spring season, and the Harvard miler's chances look good against any one of the trio. Playfair has been beaten by Versey of Colby on several ocasions, and has not yet proved that he has the finish to outdistance the Colby two-miler, but the only other collegiate runner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/28/1935 | See Source »

...Kansas City, Glenn Cunningham, world's No. 1 miler, won a 1,000-yd. race from Elton Brown of the Kansas City Athletic Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Higher & Faster | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

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