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First Down. One of the mighty had already fallen: Miler Gil Dodds, Boston's Flying Parson, who had won 37 straight, but was out of the trials with a strained Achilles tendon in his left foot. He was off the team-but still far & away the best U.S. miler. After Dodds, the U.S. sure shots, everybody agreed, were Negro Shot-Putter Chuck Fonville of Michigan, Sprinter Mel Patton of Southern California, and Negro High-Hurdler Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace. Each, in the past year, has broken a world's record...
Last week, the two met for the first time, in the Narragansett Special. The weights were Armed 130, Lucky Draw 123. Completely recovered from the bad tendon that kept him out of action all last year, Lucky Draw came home in 1:543/5 to equal Challedon's world record for a mile and three-sixteenths. Armed ran third, almost four lengths behind. The question of which would be the "horse of the year" would be decided-at even weights-in November's Pimlico Special...
...peak strength for the encounter, for Leo Flynn, sparkplug of the Cantabs' offense all season until his injury in the Merchant Marine game, will see little if any action in the Bowl. With his leg in almost perfect shape for the final contest this week, he pulled the tendon once again in a practice session Wednesday. Right end Bob-Champion is also a doubtful starter, but the chances are that he will see considerably more action than will Flynn...
...Tobacco is Cullman's business, investing in shows merely a hobby-but it has become high finance as well because he has gimlet theatrical eyes and no Achilles' tendon. Neither stagestruck, girl-crazy, art-mad nor long-shot-minded, he backs shows simply because he thinks they will pay off. The fun lies in the fact that they can pay off at astronomical rates...
...Four convicts have used safety razor blades to cut their "heel strings" (the Achilles' tendon) and thus crippled themselves to escape the work and beatings...