Santee Just Misses Mark Chalks Up Second Fastest Mile
Wes Santee ran 4:00.6 for the mile at the Compton Invitational, the second fastest on record, and questioned by officials whether the clocking counted as a world mark. He also clocked 3:42.8 for 1500 meters amid confusion over timing rules and race distance.
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Compton
Calif
Wes Santee
Santee
Gunder Haegg
Lennart Strand
Sweden
Werner Luegg
Germany
Wes
Floyd Hanes
Southern Pacific Aau
Hanes
Roger Bannister
Billy Tidwell
High Gun Wins Peter Pan Handicap at Belmont Park
High Gun a King Ranch colt came from last to win the $36,150 Peter Pan Handicap at Belmont Park. Eric Guerin rode the son of Heliopolis Rocket Gun as he surged past Fisherman Diving Board and others to claim a three length victory. The win stars him as a Belmont Stakes favorite for next Saturday.
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New York
High Gun
King Ranch
Belmont Park
Heliopolis
Rocket Gun
Eric Guerin
C.V. Whitney
Fisherman
Greentree Stable
Diving Board
Llangolen Farm
Porterhouse
Sanford Quits Baseball After Arm Trouble
Fred Sanford, purchased by the Yankees from the Browns for $100 000 and players after 1948, ends his career with Portland due to a bad arm. In three seasons with New York he won 12 games.
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Sanford
Portland
Ore
Fred Sanford
Yankees
St. Louis Browns
New York
Awards Presented To Women Bowlers In Roswell League
Members of the Roswell Women's Bowling League celebrated the season with the first annual awards dinner at LaCima. Mayor Bert Ballard spoke as trophies and cash prizes were handed to team and individual winners including Lee's Paint, Palace Cleaners, Reliable House Cleaners and Roswell Auto.
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Lee’s Paint
Bert Ballard
la Cima
Marcia Wadhams
Mary Cogdill
Shirley Simonson
Irene McLeod
Sally Steil
Roswell
James Cotton
Palace Cleaners
Nelda Morrison
Addie Greenthaner
Merle Swatek
Marjorie Robertson
Lila Robertson
Rea Moore
Marion Blanchard
Reliable House Cleaners
Joan Wieciec
Roswell Auto
Dot Hunter
Hollum Bakery
Sally Clark
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph
Lee’s
Betty Taylor
Irene Mc
Henry Arraigned In Bizarre Plot To Fix Fight
Clarence Henry a former heavyweight title contender was arraigned on bribery charges for allegedly offering $15,000 to Bobby Jones to throw his Madison Square Garden bout with Joey Giardello on June 11. Henry said the accusations were a mistake and insisted his innocence as District Attorney Hogan prepared to pursue the case.
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New York
Clarence Henry
Henry
Bobby Jones
Joey Giardello
Madison Square Garden
Bobby
Jones
Giardello
Frank Hogan
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Belmont
Jay Duvall
N. Main
ADAMS
Austin Western
Allis Chalmers
Floyd
Jim
Kermit
J. D. Coggins Company
Second Street
NW Telephone
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bowman
White House
U.S.G
China
P. O
Ug and
A. D
Bowman Lumber Company
Ballard
Levis
Manhattan
Platt Drug No
Remington
Remington Electric
Queena
North Main
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