Sport: Scoreboard, may 4, 1953

¶ In Philadelphia, Morgan State College's 440-and 880-yd. relay teams, anchored by Olympian Art Bragg (who also won the 100-yd. dash), ran off with the Penn Relays sprint honors. The distance-medley and four-mile titles went to the University of Michigan.

¶In Des Moines, at the Drake Relays, Illinois swept to three titles, the 2-mile, the 480-yd. shuttle-hurdle and the 440-yd. relays.

¶In Boston, Lightweight Champion Jimmy Carter successfully defended his title against hapless Featherweight Tommy Collins (see RADIO & TV). ¶At Las Vegas, competing against a topflight field of 19 tournament winners, Golfer Al Besselink of Grossinger, N.Y. took the $35,000 Tournament of...

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