Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 3, 1959

¶ The touring U.S. all-star team was built around Backstroke Flash Frank Mc-Kinney of Indiana University, but the Japanese were waiting in Tokyo with some swimmers of their own. Freestyler Tsuyoshi ("Strong Will") Yamanaka, 20, won the 200 meters (2:02.3), the 400 meters (4:22.3), the 800 meters (9:09.7), and the 1,500 meters (17:47.5). Final score: Japan, 41; U.S., 38. At a second meet, Yamanaka lowered the 400-meter record by 2.4 sec. to 4:16.6, then anchored the 800-meter relay team as it broke its own world record by 2.9 sec. with a startling time of 8:18.7. But McKinney splashed home in 2:17.8...

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