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Going into the last lap, Mal Whitfield had only one man ahead of him: Jamaica's Herb McKenley, world-record holder at 440 yds. Shortening his 8-ft. stride to fast-stepping six-footers, Whitfield visibly pulled himself together for the final burst. He passed McKenley "big," whirled into the final turn in front, breasted the red-yarn tape alone as the Madison Square Garden crowd of 12,364 rose to its feet and roared approval. The crowd roared again when the time was announced: 0.56.6, a new indoor record...
...Stockholm, Yaleman Jim Fuchs won an international shot-put meet with a heave of 54 ft. 7½ in., returned to the field this week to make his best toss yet, a world-record 58 ft. 9 9/641n...
...morning gallops, Citation's ankle began to swell again. Ben Jones, as patient as he is wily, put his star back on the shelf with a crisp remark: "We don't need him right now." The rest of the team was clicking. Coaltown, whose efforts included a world-record mile-in 1:34-had the handicap division over a barrel; Kentucky Derby-winning Ponder, runaway victor in the recent $66,150 American Derby at Washington Park, was the nation's top money-winning three-year-old. If anybody mourned Citation's absence, it was the gloom...
Later, in the 800-meter final, Furuhashi broke Hashizume's brand-new record by more than ten seconds, set a new mark for the 400-meter, and swam on the Japanese team that lowered the world-record time for the 800-meter relay. The Nipponese swept all the championship free-style swimming events except the 100-meter (won by Bob Gibe of the Detroit...
Harrison ("Bones") Dillard, world-record hurdler and Olympic-champion sprinter, who has reaped reams of publicity on the track, took off his spikes and put on another pair of shoes: he set to work grinding out publicity for the Cleveland Indians baseball team...