¶ Australia's Prodigy Ilsa Konrads, 15, clipped 3.2 sec. off the world's record to win the 440-yd. freestyle event in 4:45.4 at the New South Wales swimming championships. Swimmer Konrads' time also eclipsed the record for 400 meters, ran her collection of world freestyle championships to six: 800 meters, 880 yds., 1,500 meters and 1,650 yds.
¶ Declaring themselves disgusted with the "hoodlum influence" in boxing, California's State Athletic Commission pulled out of the National Boxing Association, threatened to set up an independent boxing association of NBA dissidents with authority enough to root out underworld figures.
¶ Statistically the No. 2 passer in...
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