¶ In L'Alpe-d'Huez, France, the German four-man bobsled team over the U.S and Switzerland, setting a course record of 1 min. 11.65 sec. and making a clean sweep of sled titles in Germany's first postwar try at the world championships. ¶In Seattle, Dick Button, 21, world figure-skating champion, for his sixth consecutive national title. ¶In Boston, Miler Don Gehrmann, for his sixth straight victory over FBI-man Fred Wilt, in the track-record time of 4:07.9.
¶ In Annapolis, Princeton's Bob Brawner the 200-yd. breast stroke, in a dual meet with Navy, to set a new world's record for a 20-yd. course: 2:16.6 (old...
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