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...Kansan Archie San Romani in 1937; at Malmö, Sweden. It was the fourth time in three weeks that Haegg had set a new world's record. He ran 1,500 meters in 3:45.8, a mile in 4:06.2, two miles in 8:47.8. Hailed as another Nurmi, Haegg has been invited to tour the U.S. next winter...
...Notre Dame Alumnus Greg Rice, rejected by the Army because of a triple hernia, chalked up his 42nd successive victory in an invitation two-mile race. Greatest distance runner since Nurmi, Rice was ashamed of his time...
...another Golden Era of sport is to follow World War II, as it did World War I, the Paavo Nurmi of tomorrow may well be raven-haired Leslie MacMitchell, who developed his legs running up & down the subway stairs of his native Manhattan...
...Incredible!" gasped U. S. track fans when Finn Paavo Nurmi ran two miles in 8 min., 58.2 sec. That was 16 years ago. Last week, in Madison Square Garden, barrel-chested, short-legged Gregory Rice, 25-year-old ex-Notre Damer, made mighty Nurmi's record look poky. Fitter-pattering around to the tune of Notre Dame's Victory March, Runner Rice whittled the two-mile world's record down to 8:53.4-nearly three seconds faster than the accepted world's record, indoors or out. "Incredible!" gasped U. S. track fans...
Then, two laps from the finish, the pony express got steamed up. Off went Rice like a quarter-miler. While 14,000 spectators stood on their toes and yelled themselves hoarse-and Tutor Nurmi sank forlornly to a wooden bench in the infield-Rice tore around the Garden like a tornado, broke the tape 28 yards in front of Maki, 20 yards in front of onetime Record-Holder Don Lash, who had also whizzed past the Finn. Rice's time (13:52.3) not only broke the world's record he set six weeks ago, but was only...