¶ Running under top weight of 130 Ibs. and held so snugly by Jockey Willie Shoemaker that he galloped most of the race with his head twisted sideways, Rex Ellsworth's great chestnut colt Swaps breezed home to win the Broward Handicap at Florida's Gulfstream Park by 2lengths, set a world's record (1:39.6) for the one-mile 70-yd. distance.
¶ Even before the international students' chess tournament at Uppsala, Sweden was officially finished, Russia's players had all their competition checkmated. With a score of 21 games won, six lost and one adjourned, they were safely ahead of second-place Hungary (16 won, 11 lost).
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