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• The fabled 4 -minute mile, a mirage
tflat has lured the world's greatest
runners over the years but has remained,
tantalizingly, just beyond their grasp,
may finally become a reality at the
British Empire and Commonwealth
Games in Vancouver this year, July 30 to
August 7,
rot, the figurag-filberts, the perfect four -minute mile
should be run In fats like this:
Vint lap: 5L5; Second lap: 59.5 (1.58 at the half),
Third lap: 0.10; Fourth lap: 61.0 (2,02,0 at the half).
Add it up: four minutes flat,
History's greatest mile was run by Gunder Flagg of
Sweden back in 1945. He ripped it off in four minutes, one
and three -tenths seconds. In 1944, Arne Anderson, another
Swede, reeled off the mile in 41.01,6, the second -fastest
ever run,
fagg's record still holds, But today, a whole new group
of middle-distance runners is bidding for a new record at the
elassie mile distance, and beyond that, for the elusive 4 -minute
mile. Mon like Roger Bannister of England John Landy . of
Australia, and Wes Santee of the United States have made,
backbreaking and heart -breaking efforts to match, and
perhaps to reach a few strides beyond Gunder's record, and
to hit the 4 -minute mile.
Last June, Bannister clicked off the 1760 yards in 4.02
flat, and Australia's brilliant Landy matched that time in
December. A year earlier, Landy was clocked 4.02.1. Santee's
best mark to date is 4.02.3, but gxperts feel he is capable of
doing much better, especially if .he can get competition from
men like Bannister 'and Landy.•
Santee Is not, of course, eligible for the Empire Games,
but Bannister and Landy will both be there, possibly, along
with a couple of newcomers who are catapulting to the top
in track's HaIl of Fame: They are Murray Halberg of New
Zealand, and England's young bank clerk, Gordon Pirie,
though the latter is by no means a certain entry.
But put Bannister, Landy, Halberg, and, perhaps, Pirie,
too, on the starter's mark at Vancouver on Saturday, August 7,
and provide them with a perfect track, hot, sunny, windless
weather, and the elusive 4 -minute mile may be elusive no
longer,
Of course when the big Vancouver show ends, American
promoters will be doing their best to encourage post -Games
track meets, and 1f the four -minute mile isn't realized in
Vancouver, it may be shortly afterwards. The men are avail-
able. The time Is ripe.
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A Hospital Run
Just For Birds
The birds in New Delhi have
a hospital of their own. It is
situated wfthin the premises of
Jain Mandit, Chandni Chowk,
Delhi.
Founded by a wealthy Jain
family with the object of pro-
viding medical care for birds,
it is run by the Jain Society, of
Delhi,
The service is free, with only
one condition — the bird must
be freed after it is cured,
The bird -hospital staff con-
sists of six men, including the
two who are exclusively en-
gaged on cleaning and disinfect-
ing. There is a full-time bird
doctor, who is devoted to his
work and spares no effort in
saving a life.
This doctor f&tidy believes
that Nature is the best healer.
"Given food, nursing, good diet,
and freedom from hazards of
outside life, a bird usually re-
covers without much diff iculty,"
he 'says.
When a sick or maimed bird,
is admitted into the hospital 1t
is first given a mild laxative,
and then its wings are cleansed
thoroughly, In oases of bruised
skin or sores, it may be neces-
sary to perform a surgical
operation'
If a bird is seriously ill, it is
put alone In a wire -netted cubi-
cle .and ;kept on a liquid diet for
some time. Later, it is treated
fOr worms, stones in the stom-
ach, skin diseases, or arty other
ailment diagnosed by the doctor.
Special attention is paid to
diet, which usually consists of
dry grain, cooked rice, =green
grass, or cabbage leaf, though
this varies according to the pa-
tient's requirements.
It sometimes happens that a
bird refuses food. In such a case,
it is either coaxed into eat-
ing or, if that tails and the doc-
tor feels that food is essential,
forced feeding may be resorted
to.
The hospital has given valu-
ables service during the 23 years
of its existence, During 1953
it admitted more than 5,000 bird
patients, and nearly, 4,000 were
set free after treatment and had
been successful and they could
get along in the outside world
again.
Lucky Break When
Car Broke. Down
A one-armed prospector has
found what is likely to be a rich
uranium field tva8 miles from
the South African -Southern
Rhodesian border customs house
at Belt Bridge — all because his
car broke down.
Prospector L. C. Byerley was
driving from the border along
the main Bulawayo road when
his car spluttered to a stop.
Annoyed, hot and dusty, he
got out to find the trouble. After
a while, he paused and looked
around. Across the road his keen
prospector's eyes spotted some-
thing that looked out of the
ordinary, so he made a mental
note of the location,
Soon afterwards he returned
with his prospector's hammer
and his Geiger counter and ex-
amined some very ' interesting
rocks right by the roadside. He
took them away with him, dis-
covered they were radio -active
and pegged out his claim.
Now he has signed an agree-
ment with a Johannesburg alin-
ing house, which plans to build
a $350,000 plant to develop the
deposits,
Family. Reunion — Two brothers meet during an exhibition game,
Twentyfour-year-aid Frank Bolling, left, Is trying for an Infield
berth with the Detroit Tigers, while brother Milt, 23, is already a
member of the Boston Red Sax Infield.
Jury Members Peep
Throgh Keyhole
TWO horses were exhibits No.
1 and No. 2 when tiro old'Bailey
trial of five men accused of eon,
apiracy to defraud began re-
cently. They were 'kept M the
prison yard of the court"ttybe
ready 16 the jury tvvished, tb in-
spect them.
It was probably the first time
horses have been numbered
among important, court exhibits,
but many much stranger "dumb
witnesses" have been seen at
important trials.
A cheap and rusty iron bath
in which Smith, the Btides in
the Bath murderer, was stated
to have drowned one of his.vic-
tims was on view in court
throughout his trial, Lord Jus-
tice Scrutton actually 'left the
Bench once to demonstrate how
the "wife" might have been
murdered. t
In another lawsuit, . a plain-
tiff's only chance of winning
wan,• to produce incontrovertible
evidence that a certain individ-
ual waif really dead.
What did he do?;. '
On the day of the trial, when
the essential death certificate
was called for and was ' not
forthcoming, far weightier evi-
dence was produced. Into the
court staggered three 'mein car-
rying an enormous box. They
laid it upon a table and raised
the lid, '
Inside was a tombstone!
"This is the only evidence I
can produce to satisfy the court
that the man whose name is in-
scribed on it is really dead," the
'plaintiff exclaimed, dramatically.
He worn his easel f
In the Divorce Court a -.lied-
room door was Once produced
as a vital exhibit, Members of
the jury peeped through the
keyhole to decide whether a
witness could have .seen what
he said he had seen while a
couple were in the bedroom!
The heart of a man who was
alleged to have been murdered
by h i s twenty-one-year-old
wife in Austria was produced in
a brown paper parcel at a Lon-
don court in 1949. Detectives
were unwrapping the parcel,
cailefl Exhibit 16, when • the
magistrate stopped them,
"The contents need not be
uncovered in public," be said.
The heart was important be-
cause the cause of the man's
death was a stab wound in the
heart.
It was necessary to produce an
anchor in the Admirality Court
in it case arising from a colli-
sion between ships. ' Six men
were needed to carry the rusty
exhibit ixi court.
A rare variety of exhibits has
been seen in the London Law
Courts. They range from corsets
and samples of Derbyshire stone
to dresses, ingenious 'models and
even human skulls.
Gramophone records ha v e
several times been used as evi- ,
dence . in French courts. An
early case concerned a dispute
over a will. A record of the
voice of the testator, speaking
on the telephone 500 miles away,
was played to the judge.
Oid Train Whisties
Doing . A Cottle -
Back
Nostalgic memories are due
for preservation., In the 'days
when "she was corrin' round
•the mountain," blowing smoke
and cinders, her whistle, sound-
ing out a good five miles in ad-
vance, made the farm boy, milk-
ing cows, yearn t0 take the train
to the big city one day.
There have been sad hearts
in many a village — and city
too, for that matter — since the
blat of the diesel horn replaced
the whistle of the old steam
locomotives.
Happily, their bewailing has
not gone unnoticed. Ingenious
men have been working hard to
produce an air whistle that
would once more awaken
dreams in the youngsters of
America. For what is childhood
without soft dust drifting over
bare toes on a sultry summer's
day, while far off across the
cornfield's golden harvest a lin-
gering train whistle Invites to
places deep in the brilliant
mists of imagination?
There are 9,000 chances in the
United States today that' bays
will Once more lift their heads
like horses scenting wind as a
piercing, sweet, nostalgic whistle
comes round the bend of 1054.
That number of diesels are
equipped with new whistles.
And et nighta low organlike
note will swell Over moonlit
aountryside for these sleepy
20th -century ' farm folk who,
having unharnessed their mech-
anized tractors and put the auto
to bed, are ready themselves for
gentle lullaby.
--From The Christian
Science Monitor,
"Rex" And His Friends — "Rex," a three` -year-old French movie
dog, poses with other members of a cast which was featured
recently in an exhibition at a large P,,nrisian store. Rex has ap-
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idol,Rin`jlrl-'1 n.
Puttering Around - Wearing a
pert Scots tam and a sunny
smile, lovely Ruth Hampton
briefs herself on the golfer's
point of view. The shapely act-
ress Is studying for her role as
queen of the forthcoming $35,-
000 Tournament of Champions
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Never Won Title,
But How He
Could Fight:
In a quiet cemetery in far-off
Australia, a monument stands
before a grave on a little hill. An
inscription is carved 'en that
monument. It reads:
"Sleep, Peter, sleep, brave
champion. All hushed, we gath-
er around the ring while snow-
white flowers, moist -eyed, we
fling within the grave. The fight
is done. Sleep, Peter, sleep. The
hero's rest be thine in Mother
Earth's broad breast."
It's an unusual inscription to
be carved on a tombstone. The
story of the man who lives with-
in that grave is no ordinary one.
Peter Jackson was a modest
Negro lad who, at' sixteen years
of age, was already winning fame
as a great all-aroundwathlete in
his homeland of Australia. He
was best known as a fine swim-
mer and diver, and, though few
Americans know it, it was he
who first introduced the Aus-
tralien..crawl stroke to the Unit-
ed States. Besides, Jackson was
noted as record -holder for swim-
ming under water.
To his swimming and diving
achievements, Peter added many
rowing triumphs, becoming, at
one time, Australia's sculling
champion.
Peter went to sea at an early
age. While aboard ship on one
voyage, he was forced into a fist
Tight with a brutal officer who
had almost caused a mutiny be-
cause of his cruel treatment of
Me men. Although greatly out-
weighed, Jackson licked hits se-
verely in a fierce rough-and-
tumble battle.
Thus began Peter Jackson's
ring career. It was in 1883 in
A 6nalia that he first entered
the -professional ring, He was a
magnificent fighting man, both
in ability and appearance. Peter
stood 6 feet, 11 inches tall,
weighed 192 pounds, and was a
picture of grace and rhythm in
the ring.
But Peter Jackson could fight.
lIow that man Could fight! He
was an absolute master of box-
ing, as fast as a streak, and a
terrific hitter. Many have sworn
that Peter Jacksonwas the great-
est boxer ever to step into the
ring.
Whether he was or not is hard .
to- prove. The fact is, 'however,
that Jackson never seemed to
extend himself in his fights. It
seemed that he was always un-
der wraps, fighting only hard
enough to !vin or stay even with
his adversary.
In a few short years, Peter
Jackson had climbed to the top
as champion of England and
Australia. By 1889, Jackson had
licked everyone he could meet in
those countries and was ready to
seek further for someone to fight,
writes Bill Stern in • "Favorite
Fight Stories."
In Europe, no man would en-
ter the ring with him. He was
too dangerous to fight.
Peter Jackson went on to Am-
erica. ' By this ,time, he had de-
termined to get a crack at the
world's heavyweight title. He
took a few tune-up fights, beat-
ing hisopponents with consum-
mate ease. It was the worst
thing he could have done. The.
world's champion was John L.
Sullivan, 'whose boast in bars
from coast to coast was that he
could lick any inan 'in the world.
But when Peter Jackson raised
his gentle voice in acceptance of
the challenge, John L. turned a
deaf ear. It might have been bet-
terter ter boxing, if Sullivan had
given no excuse at all than the
one offered For John L. Sulli-
van drew the color line. He
would not .fight a Negro in the
ring.
Peter Jackson repeated his
cha' tinge again and again. The
word got around that John L. ac-
tually feared to meet him. Fin-
ally, one leading , heavyweight
agreed to match with Jackson.
This was a young ex -bank clerk
named James J. Corbett. The
battle that followed is a memor-
able one in flstic history. Fought
on May 21, 1891, the bout lasted
61 grim' bloody rounds. Corbett,
a clever and dangerous fighter,
was no more than a match for
Peter Jackson. It was generally
assumed that Jackson, aware of
the fact that he would never get
another fight in the United States .
if he won too quickly, "carried"
Corbett by stalling off his attack
for round after round. In . any
case, the exhibition given by
Jackson fooled nobody. Jackson's
superlative ability in the ring
was quite obvious. After the
Corbett match not only Sullivan
but every other American fighter
of consequence ducked under the
color line as an excuse not to
meet this great Negro fighter.
Peter got only .three matches
during the ycttr following the
Corbett draw. For the next six
years he was cruelly ignored al-
together, Certain that he was the
best heavyweight fighter in the
world, Jackson ate his heart out
as he waited for someone to meet
his challenge. At that time he
was denied the opportunity to
make a living at his chosen pro-
fession. He was too good—and
black. -
From being a happy, carefree
man, Peter Jackson turned into
a bitter, lonely one, brooding ov-
er the injustice of his position.
Not once did he complain, not
once did he snake a whimper. He
grew ring -rusty, of course, and
lived in poverty.
Finally, when Jackson was 37
years old and a wreck of his once
great self due to idleness, grief,
hunger and despair, hes was
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matched to fight the young,
James J. Jeffries,` yor two rounds,
Peter flashed his old-time term,
holding off the ponderous boiler-
maker with ease. In the third
round, Peter Jackson's world
collapsed around him. Jeffries
knocked him out. It was the end
of the road for the once -great
fighter. Jackson fought only one
more time before sailing back to
Australia.
At the early age of 40, the
broken-hearted man who had
once been Peter Jackson passed
away prematurely, a victim of
tuberculosis.
Upon his death, remorse grip-
ped a world Of sport fans .who
had ignored him during his life-
time. From admiring legions
came a flood o£ money for the
purchase of a tombstone to be
placed at the head of the' dead
warrior's grave. What did that
silent near -champion think in his
cold and final resting place? They
say he murmured as he lay dy-
ing, "They should have given me
a chance to fight , they should
have given me a chance . ." It
is fitting to end the tale by quot-
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"The greatest ring warrior that
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