Monday, Feb. 28, 1955
Scoreboard
P: In the National A.A.U. championships, Kansan Wes Santee finally hit on the right tactics, held himself off the pace for the first three-quarters of the mile run, then burned up the boards of the Madison Square Garden track in a last-quarter dash that brought him home in a meet-record 4:07.9, three yards ahead of his persistent rivals, Denmark's Gunnar Nielsen and Private Fred Dwyer. Earlier, on the Garden's crowded infield, Lieut. Parry O'Brien put the 16-lb. shot to a new world indoor record: 59 ft. 5 1/2 in.
P: At Santa Anita, Jockey Johnny Longden had a hard time handling Rex Ells worth's colt Swaps, but booted him to the wire, winner by half a length in the Santa Anita Derby, West Coast preview for Kentucky Derby hopefuls.
P: In Chicago, Middleweight Champion "Bobo" Olson, in a nontitle bout, took on "Tiger" Jones, the man who made a has-been of Sugar Ray Robinson (TIME, Jan. 31), snapped and slashed his punches with familiar authority, won his 19th straight victory, by a unanimous decision.
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