Irishmen and Dane Join Four-Minute Mile Club at Compton
Irishman Callf Delany and Dane Gunnar Nielsen broke the four minute mile barrier at the 17th annual Compton Invitational. Delany clocked 3 59.0 to defeat Nielsen by a fraction as Nielsen ran 3 89.1. Delany led in late stages with strong final 200 yards as crowd of 9 000 watched. Fred Dwyer was third at 4 20.1, edging Bobby Seaman at 4 01.4. Nielsen and Delany had not prior known sub four. Murchison tied world 100 meters record of 10.2 seconds in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Ron Delany
Gunnar Nielsen
Elon Ha” Nielsen
Delany
Nielsen
Fred Dwyer
New York Athletic Club
Bobby Seaman
TICLA
Nielson
Sandy
Jim Bailey
Los Angeles Coliseum
Villanova
James Elliott
Ivan Murchison
Europe
Willie Williams
University of Ilinois
Alex Burl
Colorado, A&m
Army
National Standings Report From United Press
United Press National standings show Milwaukee 19 11 638, Pittsburgh 22 15 595, St Louis 23 017 676, Cincinnati 21 017 553, Brooklyn 19 17 528, New York 18 21 432, Philadelphia 13 22 371, Chicago 21 24 314. Sundays games include New York at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, Brooklyn at Chicago, Philadelphia at St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
United Press National American
Indianapolis
Charleston
Wichita
Louisville
Friend
King
Foiles
Omaha
St. Paul
Spahn
Murff
Johnson
Denver
Minneapolis
Land Crandall
Montreal
Toronto
Ee Aes
Columbus
Richmond
New York
Miami
Havana
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Rochester
Margoneri
Ridzik
Wilhelm
McCall
Katt
Westrun
Mangan
Nuxhall
Powey
Burgess
Nuthall
Results from various baseball games across leagues
A long wire service style score roundup shows multiple games including St Louis beating Philadelphia in 16 innings, Chicago defeating Los Angeles, American League clashes with Kansas City and Boston, Baltimore over Cleveland, Washington over Lemon's squad, New York over Detroit, and several other national and international matchups with pitchers and run totals. The column lists winners, losers, and key relievers across the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington Kansas
Keegan
Consuegra
Lollar
Johnson
Triandos
Washington
Lemon
Narleski
Hegan
Wiesler
Berberet
FitzGerald
New York
Lary
Wilson
Byrne
Del
Berra
Plumbers Slogan Sparks Local Debate in Bedford
Bedford residents react after a plumber's truck sign claims Keep your wife in hot water, while Gloucester officials remind homeowners that painting repairs or cladding do not raise assessments and aim to stimulate home improvements through cautious policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ben Scane
Scane
Gloucest
Mass
Ity
Jet airmen to learn jets at Dallas preview
Central Press Association reports Jet trainer from Temeu Aircraft Corp in Dallas, a single jet trainer about 20 feet long with a 50 foot wingspan, designed for student pilots. It features tricycle landing gear, an overhead ejector seat, easy engine maintenance and rapid replacement, signaling a shift from piston engines to jet training for postwar pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Presa Association
Dallas
Tex
Iun
Chang Ing
Temeu
Hans Odene
Robert AteCyilnch
Tamittee
Cumneny
Pirates Fight Toward NL Lead In Weekend Action
The Pirates edged toward first place in the National League by rallying to beat Milwaukee 4-1, with Lee Walls homering and Bob Friend earning his ninth win. Other games saw the Phillies down the Cardinals 5-2, the Giants relief over the Reds 3-2, and the Cubs beating the Dodgers 4-2 on Gene Baker’s two run shot. Bob Kennedy hit a grand slam as Detroit topped New York 6-3, leaving the Yanks 6 1/2 games ahead in the American League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veeran
Warren Spahn
Braves
Pirates
Lee Walls
Dale Long
Bob Friend
Nellie King
Miller
Phillies
Bob Miller
Curt Simmons
Simmons
St. Louis
Phils
Tom Poholsky
Stan Lopata
del Ennis
Steve Ridzik
Giants
Redlegs
Ridzik
Glan
Joe Margoneri
Cincinnati
Hoyt Wilhelm
Johnny McCall
Joe Nuxhall
Gene Baker
Cubs
Dodgers
Ed Roebuck
Dodger
Sal Maglie
Maglie
Sam Jones
Bob Kennedy
Detroit
Yankees
Yanks
Kennedy
Tommy Byrne
Tigers
Connie Johnson
Bob Nieman
White Sox
Orioles
Baltimore
Chicago
Johnson
Nieman
Bob
Troy Herriage
Brewer
West Virginia Opens Sleepy Hollow Golf Course
Charleston marks the debut of Sleepy Hollow Country Club a 72 par 6 651 yard course located midway between Charleston and Huntington An exhibition featured former state amateur champion Ed Tutwiler and Charleston pro Buddy Viar highlighting the opening event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Sleepy Hollow
Here
Ed Tutwiler
Buddy Viar
Huntington
This Man Likes To Hunt Static
Dr. Leonard N. Liebermann, a UC Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor in La Jolla, studies atmospheric static to learn about thunderstorms. With special equipment he detects lightning strokes thousands of miles away, revealing far distant activity and data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Jolla
Calif
Leonard N. Liebermann
University of California
Scripps’ Institution of Oceanography
Liebermann
Track star Duke sprinter eyed as Olympic hope
A central press distrusted quiz notes Duke University sprinter described as one of the greatest track stars, breaking dash and hurdles records and cited as a U S Olympic hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Valdes Stops Hamner In Eight Round Pro Boxing Match
In Charlotte Cuba’s Nino Valdes, listed at 210 pounds, stopped Detroit’s Ken Hamner, 195, in the eighth round to claim victory. The bout took place in Charlotte at a local arena with Valdes overcoming Hamner’s early aggression to secure the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Nino Valdes
Cuba
Ken Hammer
Detroit
Paul Anderson Tops World Strongest Man and Olympic Hope
Paul Anderson, the 325 pound Toccor Georgia native, claimed the United States can win a majority of seven weightlifting titles at the Olympics if athletes stay in top condition. He set a world record at the national AAU championships lifting 1,175 pounds and aimed for 1,200. He also broke records in snatch and clean and jerk with 400, 335, and 440 pounds respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul Anderson
United States
Paul
West Virginia Ohio All Star Cage Stars Victors
West Virginia Ohio all star cage stars won the second game of their two game set after taking the opener 78 73 at Ashland Kentucky Friday Jerry West of East Bank led scoring with 23 points Willie Akers Malens Gonde Lou Mott Pine Grave and Butch Goode of Pineville helped the Mountaineer Buckeye lineup build a five point lead early in the third. Kentucky's best included Don Millet Berea Lowell Hughes Prestonburg George Carroll Ashland and Bobby Shepherd Carr Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Nun
Feirstate
Kentucky
Ashland
Jerry
East Bank
Mountaineer - Buckeye Combinaton
Butch Goode
Pinevile
Ohio River
West
Willie Akers
Malens
Gonde
Lou Mott
Pine
Don Millet
Berea
Lowell Hughes
Prestonbury
George’Carroll
Bobby ‘Shepher
Carr Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dane
Mark
Man
Mickey Mantle
Mick
United
Press National
R. Miller
Lopata
Poholsky
Schmidt
Jackson
Sarni
Bien
Chi
Craig
Labine
Roebuck
Campanella
Brosnan
Lown
Valentinetti
Davis
Jones
Landrith
Kansas City
Herrtage
Shani
Crimian
Ginsberg
White
Inor League
Nashville
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Mobile
Memphis
Atlanta
Little Rock
Birmingham
Life Sigek Jet
Big Brothers
Fueture
Fam
Aghters
Moc
Pittsburgh Pirates
Buccaneers
Cardinals
National
Gordon Pirie
London
White City
Pirie
Auto — Life Co
C. Richman
Frank Watson
Intral Press Sports
Fred Perry
Hoohee
Sune
Steany
Eayooh
Central Press
United Press
Madison Square Garden
Larry Boardman
Marlborough
Conn
Frankie Ruff
U.S
Grafton
YOUNG
Pennsylvania
Dunlop Tires
Joe Darrett
W. Va
Alan Aa
Sors
Guness
Lom Jourdan
MGM
Eno
Rene Eso
Yan
Gaby
West Va
Ohio All
Star Cage Stars Victors
Dixie Theatre
Mombo
Lucile
Desi
James
Tappan
Siehler Furniture CO
Tatrore
Blueville
Riel
Der
Bi Borth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!