&3182; In Chicago, the Indiana basketball team, Big Ten champion and ranked No. 1 in the nation, lived up to its press notices by beating Notre Dame, 79-66, to reach the semifinal round of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament. Other semifinalists: Louisiana State, Kansas, Washington.
¶ In Milwaukee, Navy Lieut, (j.g.) Ken Wiesner broke his own indoor high-jump record by going up & over the bar at 6 ft. 9⅞ in. in the Milwaukee Journal games. Wiesner's old mark (TIME, Feb. 2): 6 ft. 9½ in. Moments later, Len Truex, onetime Ohio State runner, whipped around the track in the fastest mile of...
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