¶ Pushing his shotput record still farther out of reach, Air Force Lieut. Parry O'Brien tossed the 16-lb. iron ball 61 ft. 1 in. during an exhibition at an A.A.U. track meet at Salt Lake City, to break his own world outdoor mark by 3 in.
¶ Besides winning the 100-yd. dash in 0:9.4, just a tenth of a second off the world record, and taking the 220-yd. dash in 0:20.3, another slim tenth of a second off the world record, Duke Sophomore Dave Sime won the 220-yd. low hurdles in a track meet at Durham, N.C. in 0:22.2. This time...
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