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...wham-wham, the longest driver in the ladies' game today, perhaps the longest ever. "She hits the ball farther than Babe Zaharias ever did," says Veteran Pro Louise Suggs, "and she gets her distance entirely in the air. Babe got hers entirely on the roll." Mickey averages 225 yds. off the tee, often gets the ball out 270 yds.: with the help of a 40-m.p.h. wind in the Dallas Civitan Open in 1960, she actually overdrove the green on a 385-yd. hole. "I can outhit many men-much to their embarrassment," says Mickey gaily. "They think they...
...fired. Legs pumping furiously, Hailwood pushed the big 500-cc. bike across the starting line. The engine caught, and he hopped aboard side saddle, gunning his throttle in the same motion. By the time he heaved a leg over the saddle and slipped into position, he was already 100 yds. down the straightaway, topping 70 m.p.h...
...Southern Pacific Association A.A.U. Championships in Los Angeles, in the good, but not great, time of 1 min. 48 sec. Fresh from his flashy 3-min.-54.9-sec.-mile victory over Jim Beatty at Modesto, Calif. (TIME, May 31), the brawny world record-holder at both 880 yds. (1 min. 45.1 sec.) and one mile (3 min. 54.4 sec.) easily outclassed six opponents. In the same meet, Beatty won the mile, breezing in at 4 min. 00.8 sec. > France's Relko: the 184th English Derby, by six lengths and at 5-1 odds over what British horsemen called...
...battle began. On the third lap, Gary Weisiger sprinted up, grimly fought off Beatty and Grelle. "Go, Gary, go!" fans screamed. They looked for Snell: there he was, lengthening his stride now, slipping past exhausted Jim Beatty -but still 10 yds. behind the leaders. Into the last turn the runners pattered, straining for speed. Grelle began to fade. Could Weisiger hold on? Could Snell catch him? In an instant that nobody who saw it will ever forget, Snell turned on his incredible kick. The impact on the field was the same as if he had kicked them all squarely...
...three seasons, Ernie Davis gained 2,386 yds. (averaging 6.6 yds. per carry) and scored 220 points-breaking alltime Syracuse records that had been set by the Cleveland Browns' great Jimmy Brown. He was the first Negro ever to win the Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in the U.S. President Kennedy personally congratulated him ("Imagine," said Ernie, "a President wanting to shake hands with me!"), and pro teams battled bitterly to outbid each other for his services. The Cleveland Browns won, and Davis signed a threeyear, $80,000 contract. "I love to play football," said Ernie...