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This time, sick as he was, Willie outran his luck. On the same fast track where Jesse Owens raced off with the 1936 Olympic Games (in the unhappy presence of Adolf Hitler), Private Williams slammed off the starting blocks and sprinted to the tape in 10.1 sec., an impressive one-tenth of a second faster than Owens' own 100-meter world record. Others had equaled Owens' mark; none had ever broken it. Even Willie could hardly believe the stop watches...
...Pennsylvania, Adlai Stevenson, supported by all top Democratic leaders, and unopposed on the Democratic ballot, got 627,000 votes to 37,000 write-ins for Kefauver. On the Republican ballot, Ike got 925,000 votes to 43,000 for California's Senator William Knowland. Ike outran Stevenson even in Philadelphia (which went heavily Democratic in 1952). The straw: Eisenhower over Stevenson, in Pennsylvania...
...exceptional Williams lacrosse team outran, outplayed, and outshot the varsity lacrosse squad to hand the Crimson its eighth loss yesterday on a very slow Williamstown field, 7 to 2. The Crimson turned in its best performance of the season, despite the five-goal margin...
Dartmouth's Doug Brew ran a torrid anchor leg as both the Indians and Army outran the Crimson two-mile relay team. Cairns tired by his 1000 effort barely held a 30 yard lead given him by Dick Norris and Otis Gates. Anchorman Bill Morris could do no better than third...
Cross country coach Bill McCurdy was not satisfied just to have Miss Radcliffe present a trophy when his varsity harriers outran Yale and Princeton this fall. He even borrowed three walkie-talkies from Fort Devens so that WHRB could broadcast a "running" account of the meet. These publicity attempts show the interest with which the cross country team awaits the Undergraduate Athletic Council's vote on its status next week...