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...test his utmost. In the Compton (Calif.) Invitation Meet last week, Santee got the competition he needed: Belgium's Gaston Reiff, holder of world records at two miles, 2,000 and 3,000 meters, and Finland's Denis Johansson, his country's national titleholder, who has outrun some of Paavo Nurmi's records...
Elsewhere at Churchill Downs, as Derby Day dawned last week, ten other three-year-olds were also being got ready for the big race. The fast California colt, Correspondent, drew a lot of attention; his jockey, Eddie Arcaro, felt reasonably confident of winning if Correspondent could only outrun the great Dancer. Other owners, riders and trainers were not figuring it quite so closely. Each had his hopes, but the betting odds reflected something like a U.S. consensus. At post time, the Dancer, coupled with his stablemate Social Outcast, was the odds-on favorite at 7-10; Correspondent (Arcaro...
From the very start, Kennedy led the ticket, with Dever only a short distance behind. The heaviest voting was in the Presidential contest, but Stevenson lagged behind the Democratic ticket as a whole, with the single exception of the Attorney General race. Democrat Kelly's opponent, Fingold, managed to outrun the Republican ticket, but his lead came to a halt when the Boston precincts reported...
...size, the hull is as sleek as a shark to help her outrun submarines. Fore & aft, her plates, instead of being riveted together in overlaps, like the Queens', are welded end to end, making the hull lighter, smoother and faster. Much of her superstructure is made of aluminum to cut down weight and lessen the ship's roll. In her compact white engine rooms (two separate rooms to lessen the danger from torpedoes in time of war), oil-fired boilers supply high-pressure steam to power the turbines that drive four giant propellers. These generate enough power...
This talent prompted Branch Rickey to make a classic evaluation of Stanky, then Brooklyn's second baseman: "He can't field. He can't hit. And he can't outrun his grandmother. But I wouldn't trade him for any second baseman in the league." When the New York baseball writers voted a special award to Eddie Stanky, they were stumped when the time came to define just what the trophy was for. Stanky, with a grin, helped them out. "Thank you," he said, "for appreciating my intangibles...