Sport: Just a Run

For any other runner, a faster-than-four-minute mile would be fast enough, but not for Australia's John Landy. For him, the swift figures have been no sure formula for success. He holds the world's record (3:58), but he has also accomplished the improbable feat of being beaten twice while breaking the four-minute barrier (by Dr. Roger Bannister two years ago in Vancouver, B.C.. by Aussie Jim Bailey a fortnight ago in Los Angeles). Last week, at the West Coast Relays in Fresno, Calif., John Landy shaded four minutes for the sixth time in his...

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