¶ Japan's Shigeki Tanaka, a 19-year-old Hiroshima schoolboy and survivor of the first atomic bombing, the 26-mile Patriot's Day marathon; in Boston. Tanaka's time: 2:27.452.06 over the record set by Korea's Yun Bok Suh in 1947. The South Koreans, who finished 1-2-3 last year, did not ask to compete this year; officials announced that they would not have been allowed to run anyway, because Koreans should be busy fighting the war.
¶ The Toronto Maple Leafs, over the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, to take the best-of-seven series (4-1) for hockey's Stanley Cup; in Toronto.
¶ Illinois' Don Laz, a bar-brushing vault of 15...
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