¶Cornell's track team, the I.C. 4-A championship, for the first time since 1936; at Philadelphia. Individual standouts: Cornell's Meredith Gourdine, who doubled in the broad jump (a record 25 ft. 9¾ in.) and the 220-yd. low hurdles; and Seton Hall's Andy Stanfield, who led his team, to third place with a brilliant double (100-and 220-yd. dash) and a second place in the broad jump, ¾ in. behind Gourdine.
¶George D. Widener's Battlefield (Eddie Arcaro up), the mile-long $25,000 Withers Stakes, over Jumbo (by a head); at New York, Battlefield's time: 1:35 4/5, equaling the-stakes record held by his grandfather, Man o' War,...
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