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...Miler Fred Howard and Dave Brahms, in the middle distances, continued their upward trend in performance which first showed in the Heptagonals, where Brahms ran a 1:57 leg in the two-mile relay and Howard came from nowhere to take fifth in the mile. Frank Yeomans gave indications of becoming a definite threat in the sprints...
Loyal sports page readers learned to their surprise two days ago that Ireland's Ron Delany, the world's greatest indoor miler, was risking immediate suspension by withdrawing from tomorrow night's Cleveland K. of C. Track Meet. Delany's action, according to John McCarthy, persident of the meet, constituted "a flagrant breach of faith--the type which the A.A.U. cannot countenance without taking strong action...
...miler Dyke Benjamin, out with a painful leg injury for most of the winter, will return to action tonight in a courageous attempt to aid the Crimson cause. In winning the mile against B.U. Dec. 13, Benjamin incurred a stress fracture in his lower leg that kept him out of commission until early February, when he began jogging outdoors...
Married. Chris Chataway, 27, English runner (now a BBC-TV commentator) who, with Chris Brasher, paced Miler Roger Bannister on the way to the first four-minute mile (1954), in the same year beat the Soviet Union's great Vladimir Kuc to set a world record for three miles (he shocked the Red athletes at a post-meet dinner by lighting up a big black cigar); and Anna Lett, 27, pretty blonde TV producer; in London. Ushers: Dr. Roger Bannister and Chris Brasher...
Joel Landau and Sandy Dodge of the Crimson tied meet standards in the hurdle and dash events, and Cadet two-miler Dick Greene established a new mark with a 9:23.3 clocking. Shot putter Keith Nance and Bill Hanne in the 1000 were other Army record-breakers...