Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 1, 1954

¶ In Melbourne, after Australian Miler John Landy had again come within a second of the world record with a 4:02.4 clocking, Finnish Champion Denis Johansson gasped: "Landy is magnificent. I have never seen anything like it. On a first-class cinder track and with good opposition he could run a 3:55 mile." Landy promptly announced that he will make a U.S. and European tour this spring and summer once he gets firm invitations.

¶ In Manhattan for the fourth annual East-West game of the National Basket ball Association, Master Dribbler Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics (TIME, Dec. 28) sank ten...

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