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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drivers have died in practice runs this month. Says 45-year-old Fred Agabashian, longtime 500 driver who quit racing last year: "You don't reach retirement age in one of those things." Even the toughest drivers find the Indianapolis toughest of all. Johnny Parsons, the 1950 winner, retired this month with the explanation: "When you get down to the end of those straightaways and can't hold your foot down any more, it's time to quit...
...Raisin in the Sun. A South Side Chicago Negro family comes eloquently and touchingly alive in the hands of a superb cast. Winner of this season's New York Drama Critics Circle award...
...Boone, winner of four games this spring, may be a valuable lefthanded addition to the Crimson varsity pitching staff. He has a good curve and fast ball, and is also effective as a batsman. Coach Samborski thought that Al Yarbro and Roy Williams, in addition to Boone, would rate a chance on the varsity mound staff, which will lose two good righthanders this June...
John deKiewiet was the only other varsity first-place winner, with a 6 ft., 3 in. leap in the high jump. Tom Blodget cleared 13 ft., 6 in., his best ever, to take second in the pole vault, and he also finished fifth in the javelin. Sophomore Stan Doten threw the hammer 180 ft., 5 1/2 in., edging out teammate Jim Doty for second, and John Bronstein took fourth in the discus...
Hank Abbot finished second behind Heptagonal champion Carl Shine of Penn, but he broke the University record with a 52 ft., 3 in. heave. Benjamin was a double winner, taking the mile in 4:14.8 and the two-mile in 9:13.0, and Joel Landau won both hurdle races. Sophomore Frank Yoemans emerged as a first-rate dash man, beating Penn's Dave Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom with...