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Lamar himself, he admits, as two-time National A.A.U. Champion in his college career at Virginia, probably, though innocently, helped to bring about the downfall of intercollegiate boxing. However, he insists, the only opponents he was ever permitted to fight were other A.A.U. leaders. A Pan-American athlete in 1925, Lamar became Boxing Commissioner in Massachusetts in 1953 and was recently reappointed to serve for another three years in that post...
Joel Landau, who is considered one of the most talented freshmen track stars in years, will have tough competition in the 50-yard dash, as he is running against Rod Richards, winner of the Pan-American Games last year, and Art Pollard, Penn State...
...Shut out completely in the Prize of Nations horsemanship competition, last event of the Pan-American Games (TIME, March 28), U.S. entrants nevertheless swept to an easy victory in the overall, unofficial scoring by piling up 1,434½ points. In second place: Argentina's defending champions, with...
...addition, the Australian will meet Eulalio Rios of Mexico, who won the 200-meter butterfly at the recent Pan-American games...
...flaming torch into a vast lava bed that lies on the edge of their capital. As twilight settled over the University of Mexico's vast Olympic Stadium, 21 guns boomed in salute, the last runner lit the "eternal" Olympic fire, and President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines opened the second Pan-American Games...