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...Sprinter Bobby Joe Morrow, 21, who grew up on a lazy little cotton and carrot farm outside San Benito, Texas, glided down the cinder straightaway with such easy grace that he seemed to be running no faster than he had to. It was fast enough to win the 100-meter dash...
...Olympic Team was far off form in lackluster practice meets at Berkeley, Calif. Star Sprinter Bobby Morrow finished a puffing third in one 100-meter dash, fourth in another, while University of California Alternate Leamon King has twice tied the pending world's record with 10.1-sec. wins. Said U.S. Track and Field Coach "Dink" Templeton, complaining that some of the boys apparently haven't trained all summer: "Unless they show improvement, there will be some astonishing upsets at Melbourne...
Flanking him at right halfback is another junior, Bob McAniff. Also a track man, he was sprinter and a quartermiler on the freshman track team, but did not run last year. McAniff started at fullback in the last five games a year ago and ended up the season third in team rushing with 338 yards for a 4.5 average...
...depth. Behind Boland, Coach Lefty James has an untried sophomore in Tom Skypeck. Moreover, the Big Red lacks depth. Behind Boland, Coach Lefty James has an untried sophomore in Tom Skypeck. Moreover, the Big Red has less depth at the halfback slot than in recent years. Bob Hazzard, another sprinter, heads the list of sophomore candidates for this position...
...useful sprinter named Big Rush romped off with the fifth race at California's Del Mar race track one day last week and paid $15.70 for $2. Even those outdoor investors who had backed the wrong horse cheered the result. For Johnny Longden, the wrinkled little jock on board the winner, had just won his 4,8705th race and thus tied Sir Gordon Richards' alltime record for riding race winning thoroughbreds. Less than two hours later, Johnny won again. He picked up a big horse named Arrogate and heaved him under the wire...