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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1954
Page
5
The report notes Roger Bannister clocked 3 minutes 39.4 seconds to crack the four minute mile in England. It forecasts American runners like Wes Santee will attempt to break Bannister’s record, amid excitement in track circles.
Coach Carl Bonge names 24 track and field entries for Anderson High School in the Muncie sectional at Ball State Field. 299 athletes from 22 schools compete with preliminaries at 4:00 PM DST. Top four in singles and top two relays advance to regionals. Muncie Central favored to repeat as defending champion.
Greenfield nipped Franklin Township 6 to 5 on the Franklin diamond. Ronnie Kingery hurled for Greenfield with support from Gibbs Smith Connolly and Kingery as Franklin trailed by late innings.
Shortridge defeated Anderson High School 11 to 7 at Anderson Country Club. Other scores include Ted Boots 78 over Don Basig 84 and Dave Brown losing to Bad Lacy 0 to 3.
British runner Bannister, aided by Chataway and Brasher, clocked a sub four minute mile on a rain-damp Oxford track under ideal conditions. He praised his teammates and cited Franz Stamp’s training as key. Chataway finished second in 4 07.2.
Coach Dane Pugh led Anderson to a 5 to 2 victory over Tech at the Riley Parl courts in the North Central Conference match. Local 662 Hall 12 Main featured coverage by caller L Johnson.
Lafayette tops Anderson's NCC rival Tribe 4 to 0 behind a strong two hitter from pitcher Anderson. Brone drives in two runs with a third inning double and a fourth inning single as Lafayette rides early offense to the shutout.
Frankton Eagles pitcher Hudson hurled a 9 to 4 victory over Walnut Grove on Thursday afternoon at Wilnah Grove. Jed Irtend added a pair to help secure the win for Frankton.
Williams College trustees awarded nine year contracts to swimming coach Bob Muir and football coach Len Wavters the longest athletic department appointments in the school's history. Camille Henry of the Rangers the NHL rookie of the year is the league's smallest player at 139 pounds.
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