FRIDAY, MAY 7 . 1954
Bannister Cracks
Four-Minute Mile
OXFORD, England, May 6 (R)—Roger Bannister tonight ended
the athletic world's quest for the four-minute mile with a monumen
tal effort 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 1000 mostly Oxford stu
dents, . watched the . memorable
performance during which he
drove himself mercilessly through
,a :58.9 final lap,
Thus he thrust into the dustbin
of sports history the world record
mark of 4:01.4 established SulflB,
1945, at Malmo, Sweden, by the
great Gunder Haegg of Sweden.
Bannister also un of fic i a Ily
equalled the 1500-meter 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 steeple
chaser, Chris Brasher.
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 handful of spec
tators 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 machine
like, seemingly effortless stride
he drew steadily away from. Chat
tlway, and, head thrown back
431ightly, he breasted the cool, stiff
'Nvind on the last turn to come
drilling down the home stretch to
climax his spectacular perform
ance.
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Another senate member felt the
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be one or two failing grades.
Music Hour is Today
The Music department will
sponsor an hour of recorded music
at 1 p.m. today in 200 Carnegie.
Included in the program will
be fugal choruses from the sacred
works of Bach, Brahms, Haydn,
Mendelssohn and Verdi. The pro
gram is open to the public.
The' New York Times has the
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Town Council Picnic
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Greenwood- Furnace, may sign
up before 5 p.m. today at the
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f font of Old Main between
noon and 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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row in the $15;000 Commando
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Two IM Titles Decided
Dick Robinson, Theta Xi, won
his second consecutive intramural
badminton championship Wednes
day night as he defeated 13ob Van
ner, Sigma Chi, 'in straight sets,
15-7; 15-7.
Robinson ha d little trouble
with his opponent, keeping both
matches under control most of
the night. In winning his second
title, Robinson had to eliminate
six opponents prior to Wednesday
night's match. Only one chal.
lenger ever came close to up
setting him and that was Bob
Vogin, Phi Sigma Delta, who ex
tended him to three sets.
In the independent final, it was
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the same story as last year." Hang
Lim, a resident of Malaya, rolled
to • his second title_ in as many
years. Lim, who had only three
points scored upon him before
Wednesday night's match ; proved
the master as he easily beat
game, but outclassed opponent
Karl Segner. Lim won in two
sets, 15-6, 15-6. Segner, in scOr
ing six points in each set, scored
more points than all of Lim's
opponents both this year and last
year put together.
Lim, with another year of eligi
bility remaining, seems destined
to win his third title when next
season rolls around.
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