¶One-eyed Alfred Diebolt, Colgate University senior: the 500-yard race at the New York Athletic Club invitation track meet; bolting from fourth place in the last 60 yards to finish two yards ahead of his nearest rival and set a new world's indoor record of 57.1 sec.; at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. It was the first time Diebolt had competed in a big-time indoor meet.
¶Harlem's coffee-colored Ray Robinson; a prize fight with Welterweight Maxie Berger of The Bronx; scoring a technical knockout in 1 min. 43 sec. of the second round; in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. For Robinson, "the little Joe Louis,"...
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