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...evening other favorites had failed to oblige. Western Michigan's stocky little Sprinter Ira Murchison lurched off the starting blocks and was shut out of the finals of the 60-yd. dash before he found his balance. Duke's Dave Sime also finished out of the money, and the race went to a long shot, Army Lieut. Ken Kave. There was a second of excitement when spectators spotted a red-shirted stranger sailing over the pole-vault bar set at 15 ft. But before they could look up his name-Melvin Schwarz of the Baltimore Olympic Club...
...looked more like a weight lifter than a baseball player. With 215 lbs. packed on a 5 ft. 9 in. frame, he had a barrel belly and a pair of massive legs. But on a baseball diamond Campanella was an athlete of grace who bolted the bases with a sprinter's furious stride and howitzered the long ball to left with a short, powerful swing...
...Sprinter Bobby Morrow, the handsome Texan who ran off with three Gold Medals in the 1956 Olympics, won the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete...
Born. To Bobby Joe Morrow, 22, sprinter who won three Gold Medals in the 1956 Olympics and earned SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Sportsman of the Year Award, and Jo Ann Strickland Morrow, 22: twins, their first children; in Abilene, Texas. Names: Ron Floyd and Viki Jo. Weights...
Dick Seaton and Koni Ulbrich finished one-two in the 220-yard freestyle, and surprise sprinter Pete Zemo won the 50-free in a commendable time...