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SET OF 600x16 with FRI. AND SAT. y0UR 0lD GREATER QUALITY GREATER MILEAGE GREATER SAFETY WHITE SUPER DELUXE PREMIUM QUALITY PASSENGER CAR TIRES WHITE'S THf HOME GREATER VAIUES ROGER BANNISTER ENDS HISTORIC QUEST FOR 4-MINUTE MILE WITH SUPERB 3:59.4 THAT MAGIC READING Above is shown stop watch recording the record-breaking 3:59.4 mile turned in by England's Roger Bannister Thursday. It was the first time in history that a miler has been able to break through the legendary four-minute barrier. As can be seen on the large hand of the clock, Bannister beat the four-minute mark by six-tenths of a second.

Small hand in the center records the minutes. Page 14 -Sec. Texas Friday. May 7, 1954 The track was immediately resurveyed, and the measurement showed it was a half-inch longer than one mile. Spectators and athletes surged around the exhausted Bannister after he finished.

Two officials held him erect as he regained his breath. Then came the announcement of the great time. Bannister quickly rushed over to Chataway and Brasher and embraced them. Then the three jogged across the infield. Bannister towering over his friends.

The Oxford medical student stands 6 feet 1. Bannister told reporters he had not decided to go all out for a world record until 15 minutes before the start of the race. It had rained rather heavily during the day and a strong wind had whipped the field But less than half an hour before the rare time the sun came out and a rainbow showed in the sky. It was a good luck omen for Bannister. Brasher said he thought he had taken the first lap too quickly.

Bannister said he had been shouting at Brasher to go faster. I wanted to have a try at Bannister said. could not have done it without Chataway and Chataway trailed in exhaustedly in 4:07.2 approximately 50 yards LANDY THREATENED MILE MARK 5 TIMES BEAR, CUB TRACKMEN BEATEN IN CO WTO WN FORT WORTH May 6 tft- IS fine sophomore hurdler. Bill Cur- inc 4 -Charles Baylor, tis, ripped off a sizzling 14.2 in the 120-yard high hurdles but his teammates fell short in points as posted 741i to beat the Frogs and Baylor in a track meet today. fnr while the One-mile run I.

Clarence Culwell. TCI' TCI haa Tor secona Walter SMU; Lynn Ryan hart. Bears finished third with 4 Harold Adams. Baylor. Time: points.

Curtis, unbeaten this year, had wind to his back as he led the en- Freshmen Results SMI' Robert Brooks Buzz Kemblf Vance 2. TCC; 3 Bajlor; Time: 43.4. 4 45 3 440-yard dash 1 Vance Adams, Ronnie Taj lor. 3 James Swink. 4 Layton Steward.

SMU. Time. 51.2. 5, IflOvard dash-1. Delbert Shofner.

Bay- tire race to win by four yards over un i buzz Keni i SMI'. 4 Glenn SMU. Time: 10 0. hurdles-1 Rob Neal Bay- 2. Rnnnie Taylor.

TCU: 3 Rubha Reeves. SMU. 4 Wilson SMU. Time: Ifi 4. SMJ-yard Clarence Culwell.

TCU: 2 Dear Floyri SMU. S. Walter Hava. SMU: 4. Harold Adams.

Bayior. Time: 2:03 3. Delbert Shofner Ray -1 rvilo Ruben Gonzales TCU; 3 Richard lin. shot put and second in pole Finney. TCU; 4 Glenn SMU.

vault and fourth in the high jump, Time. 23 8. 1 0 220-yard low Ruben Gonzales. TCI posted 80 points to tne 2 Watson. SMU: 3 Boh Neal.

freshman division. SMU had 60. Baylor 4. Ronnie Tkytor. TCU.

Tint: One-mile 1 SMU (OflMl Priddy. Dean Layton Steward. Vance 1 2. TCU. Time: 3:32.2.

Shot put -1 Webb. TCU. 45 feet, 1 5 inches: 2. John Mitchell. TCU.

42 inches: 3. Norman Hamilton. TCU, 41 feet. 4 inches: 4. Don Pearce.

Baylor, 40 feet, inches Ken TCU. fi 2. Lewis Watson. SMU. 5 10 inches.

3. Elton SMU. 5 feet. 9 inches: 4. Wilton Wnght.

SMU. 5 feet. 6 inches. Broad Kenneth Wine TCU. 22 feet ore Inch; 2.

Don Perry, SMU. 21 2 inches 3 Jim Mathews. TCU. 20 inches 4 Wilton SMU. 20 feet.

6 inches. Pole Tie between Rou Cum Arnold Hudson SMU took eight of the 16 first places, TCU won five and lor 3. versatile Wes Ritchey took high point honors with 14 points with first places in the jave- Bavlor 20. Varsity Results 440-yard relay: 1 Ba-tor Herod Cau'-ford Donaldson. Raymond Vickery Clvde 2-SMU; 3-TCU.

Time: 42 3. One mile run: TCU: Ed Richardson SMU Duncan. TCU: Tackett. Baylor. Time: 4:13.8.

dash: 1 Crooks SMC: Rodde: TCU. Dunlap SMU; Schroeder Baylor. Time: 100-'ard dash. Herod 2- Adelberl Bartek SMU. ROGER RECORD RUN Evolution of Mile Record Prior to epoch-mak-i ing race, the mile had been run 13 times under 4:03 with John Landv of Australia having done it on five occasions.

The second best time next to! Gundar Haegg recognized world, record of was a 4:01.6 clocking by Sweden's Arne Andersson in 1944. That same year Haegg himself was timed in 4:02 while finishing second to Andersson. Haegg his world mark the next year in Malmo, Swedon. Roger Bannister, in the midst of his track comeback last year, ran a 4:02 mile to tie the third best previous time ever run. best performance was a 4:02 last year, and Landy also had a 4:02.1 in 19.i2.

Andersson was clocked at 4:02.2 while finishing second to Haegg in the former record race. Andersson also turned in a 4:02.6 time in 1943. Best American ever recorded in the mile was a 4:02.4 by Wes Santee of Kansas in the Compton. Calif. Relays last May.

Both Santee and Landy were rated ahead of Bannister in their chances of running the mythical four-minute mile. other best times were 4:02.4 and 4:02.6, both made this year, and 4:02.8, made last year. The only other miler in the world ever to break 4:03 is Gaston Reiff of Belgium, who in 1952 ran a 4:02.8. Reiff is the world record- holder in the two-mile run with 8:40.8. Perhaps an even faster mile than Bannister's 3:39.4 effort Thursday will be run in the British Empire Games at Vancouver, Canada, beginning July 30, when Bannister.

Landy, Chris Chataway, and Gordon Piric all get together in the same rare. NEW YORK, May how the world record for the mile had lowered before Roger Bannister smashed four minutes with his spectacular 3:59.4 performance Thursday. Year Runner Time 1913 Jon Jones. IT. S.

A 4:14 4 1915 Norman S. Taber. U. S. A 4:12.6 Runner 2923 Paavo Nurmi.

Finland 1931 Jules Ladometjue. France 1933 Jack Lovelock. New Zealand 1934 Glenn Cunningham. U. S.

A. 1937 Sid Wooderson. England 1942 Gunder Haegg. Sweden 1942 Arne Anderson. Sweden 1H42 Gunder HaegK.

Sweden 1943 Arne Anderson. Sweden 1944 Arne Anderson. Sweden 1945 Gunder Haegg. Sweden Roger Bannister. England Time 4:10 4 4 09 2 4 06 7 4 06.4 4 06 2 4 2 4 6 4 02 6 4 01 4 01 4 3 :59 4 No.

6 in series of are reatures Donaldson lor; Armstrong. TCI. and Wilton Wright. SMU. SMU.

120-vard high 1 Rill Curtis SMU, 3 Tord Donaldson Ray tor: Cow- iev Baylor. Time: 14 2. fcSO-Ard run: Weaver. SMU: Dor Morten SMU: 3 Gathnght TCU Parker. Baylor.

Time: 1:55 0 dash: 1 Bartex. SMU: 5 Jim Roddev TCU; Han, Ba 3. Ken Wineburg. TCU. 10 feel, inches.

4 Boh Watson. SMU. 10 feet. Tommy Hughes. SMU.

118 feet, inches. 2. John Mitchell. feet 6 inches; 3. Norman Hamilton.

TCU. 117 feet, 6 inches; 4. Tom Gentry. SMU. 105 feet.

5 inches. Javelin- 1 Jerry Adams. SMU; 147 feet. inches; 2. Crowsey.

TCU. 146 feet. 10 inches 3 Roy Cummins. TCU. TIRE SALE MORI Itasra Nips lor 4-Rill WomMe.

Time: 145 fcei: 4. Tom Gentry. SMU. 138 feeL Two-mile run: 1 Lenroy Lowe SMU: I 10 inches. Woods TCU.

i Time: 9:50.1 220-yard hurdles: 1 Bill Curtis TCU: I Herod Ravtor Mk-heaux i A La Vega pitch-out play that 1 One-mile reia': smu Robb'- turned into a wild pitch enabled Time- Mor' ihe Itasca Wampus Cats to defeat i i- west Ritchey, tcu. 47 the Pirates 2-1 in eight innings on 1 thp diamond Thursday 7 inches Hein. SMU. 37 feet. 11 inches.

High Rem. SMU 2 inches 2 Tie hetween cnmm fiVP hits. Gilbert Brink doubled Cowley. Baylor, and Dick Hein. SMI Benny Nolen pitched fine ball in defeat, allowing the winners only 6 feet; Ritchey, tcu.

feet. io home lone run in the Jump: Vickery. Bay inninE- lor 23 feet. inches: 2 Joe Bob Craig. TCU.

23 feet. 3 inches; Cowley. BaMor feet inches 4 Dick Hein. nOHIllPYlllP I.MaillllS SMt 2" feel ndiea I Pole vault: i Dick smu 12! girls captured the i feet: 2- West Ritchey. TCU.

10 feet. 6 Inches: Duncan TCU. 10 feet: SOf.hall championship Tues- TCU' day by defeating Speegleville in i Discus: Rodney Williams smu. 137 the first round. Rosenthal in the feet; Thomas 123 S- Tommy SMU.

12S 11 Inches: Jenson. SMU 5 Inches. Javelin: Ritchey. TCU. feet, semi-finals, and Robinson in the title game.

boys lost their opener to Speegleville. OXFORD, Kngland, May Bannister tonight great Gunder Haegg of Sweden. Bannister also unofficially behind. American George Dole, running for Oxford, was far back athletic quest for the four-minute mile with a monumental in which he was timed at 3:59.4. Competing in his first race of the year, and on his own track at Iffley Road, the shy former Oxonian burst through the legendary four- minute barrier as a meager crowd of 1.000, mostly Oxford students, matched the memorable performance during which he drove him- mercilessjy through a :58.9 final lap.

Thus he thrust into the dust bin of sports history' the world record mark 4:01.4 established July 18, 1945, at Malmo, Sweden, by the the world mark of 3:43 en route to his mile mark. Bannister was pulled along through the first three laps by a fellow Oxonian. Chris Chataway. and a former Cambridge steeplechaser, Chris Brasher. He kept on heels for the first two laps, and when away rushed into the lead Bannister stayed with him through the third lap.

Luwty Cheer at Three-Quarter Mark He was clocked at :57.5 for the quarter and 1:58.2 for the half. When he passed the three-quarter mark in 3:00.5 the hanejful of spectators seated in the small pavilion and scattered about the field gave a lusty cheer. The great runner bided his time until about 300 yards from the tape, when he urged himself to a supreme effort. With a machinelike, seemingly effortless stride, he drew steadily away from way, and, head thrown back slightly, he breasted the cool, stiff wind on the last turn to come driving down the home stretch to climax his spectacular performance. Before tremendous record can become official it must be approved by International Amateur Athletic Federation, but chances appeared good as the meet was an official one and the race was run under standard conditions.

in fourth place. The 25-year-old Bannister, who had finished a disappointing fourth in the 1.500-meter run in the Olympics at Helsinki, had given up tunning last year when his medical studies suffered. But he stay away. will surely clock a four-minute mile one ht said as he began his comeback. "Who knows? It might be Track Half-Inch Longer Than Mile THE STANDING PAT has only lag to stand on figures enough I The standing pat is a manufacturer who begins things vigorously.

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