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Norman Bruck, freshman sprinter, got off to a bad start in his semi-final heat in the 50 yard dash, losing to Arthur Bragg of Morgan State, who went on to win the event. Bruck won his qualifying heat in 5.6, two tenths of a second off Bragg's time and the meet record...
...Anaheim (pop. 15,000), Calif., son of the pioneer publisher of the Anaheim Gazette, a daily newspaper still operated as a family enterprise. He worked as a printer's devil when he was a boy, went to the University of Southern California, where he ran as a sprinter on the track team and studied law. He got into politics in 1936, served two terms as a state legislator, two as a state senator. At 30, he was chairman of the California Republican Central Committee-the youngest in state history...
...graduated Angelo Insalaco -- who ran 55 yards to score against the Crimson--with the untried but willing Norman Anderson. Anderson, who can do 100 yards in 9.9 but weighs only 165 pounds, is a very tough man--once past the line of scrimmage. His replacement will be another sprinter, Granville Roman...
...Mathias meets to a remarkable degree the physical specification for this Olympic challenge. He is tall (6 ft. 3 in.), with the reaching stride of a hurdler or high-jumper, and husky enough (200 Ibs.) for the heavy-duty weight events. He has the steel-spring legs of a sprinter, the back muscles of a pole vaulter and the barrel chest of a distance man. He also has the nerveless self-control to make the most of his natural advantages, and the confidence of a champion who knows that his only real competition is the law of gravity...
...Sprinter Andy Stanfield, who bettered the 200-meter record held by 1948 Olympic Winner Mel Patton by a tenth of a second. Stanfield's time...