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Next day, in another heat, U.S. Army Pfc. Ira Murchison, a sprinter who had made the Olympics team, equaled Willie's performance. But Willie had already demonstrated that he is at least as good as the best. In the finals, he showed that he is probably better. Once more, the man who will not represent the U.S. in the Australian Olympics skimmed 100 meters in 10.1 sec. Pfc. Murchison was second...
Minor records fell like bricks in a California earthquake. The new Olympic team includes 1) the only three 60-ft. shotputters in the world, 2) the only 15-ft. vaulters, 3) the fastest 400-meter and no-meter hurdlers on earth, and 4) a sprinter who can run as fast as Jesse Owens. In this sudden-death competition, two other 1952 Olympic winners (Harrison Dillard and Lindy Remigino) failed even to qualify, and one world-record holder (Lon Spurrier) could only make third place...
...tall, redheaded sprinter with the free-floating stride made his bid on the turn of the 200-meter dash. Challenging for the lead, Dave Sime, the world's fastest man (TIME, Jan. 30 et seq.) and the nation's prime Olympic prospect in two events, suddenly grimaced, slowed to a painful hobble with a pulled groin muscle...
...Shunning the relatively simple task of defending his I.C.4-A. 100-yd.-dash title at Randalls Island, N.Y., University of Pennsylvania Sprinter Johnny Haines warmed up for the Olympic tryouts by taking a crack at the 220-yd. and 440-yd. dashes. He won both (his times: 0:20.5 and 0:47.3). Not since Ray Barbuti prepared for his Olympic triumph by turning the trick in 1928 has anyone run off with these same two titles...
...Sprinter Norm Bruck began the series of upsets, splitting Yale's flashy 100-yard duo of Bill Andrews and John Halpern. He came within inches of beating Andrews for the first place...