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July 30, 1962
BOATING—FALCON II, a 45-foot sloop belonging to 76-year-old Detroit industrialist and former Olympic pole vaulter ('08), Clare Jacobs, beat a 104-boat fleet in the 235-mile Port Huron to Mackinac race, much to the delight and surprise of its owner, who had entered the race 19 limes with no previous hint of success.
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July 30, 1962

A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

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Rod Laver continued his invincible march on all of the trophies that tennis offers by winning the Swiss championship from fellow Aussie Neale Fraser, 6-4, 6-4, 8-6. South Africa's Sandra Price Reynolds took the women's singles the second year in a row by downing Lesley Turner of Australia, 7-9, 6-4, 8-6, and then later won the doubles with Renee Schuurman, also of South Africa.

TRACK & FIELD—U.S. MEN'S TEAM defeated the Russian men 128-107 in their fourth dual meet before a vast, enthusiastic crowd in Palo Alto, Calif. (see page 10). The Russian women's team beat the U.S. women, 66-41, and two world records were set.
The complete results:

MEN'S EVENTS

100 METERS—Hayes (10.2), Sayers (10.2), Tuyakov (10.4), Ozolin (10.5).
200 METERS—Drayton (20.8), Sayers (20.9), Ozolin (21.2), Tuyakov (21.5).
400 METERS—Williams (46.4), Saddler (46.8), Arkhipchuk (46.9). Bichkov (47.9).
800 METERS—Siebert (1:46.4), Dupree (1:46.8), Bulishev (1:48.0), Krivosheyev (l:49.6).
1,500 METERS—Beatty (3:39.9, American record), Belitski(3:4l.0), Forman(3:41.2), Savinkov(3:48.8),
5,000 METERS—Bolotnikov (13:55.6), Artinyuk (14:05.4), Clark (14:09.8), Gutknecht (14:31.5).
10,000 METERS—Bolotnikov (29:17.8), Ivanov (29:30.3), Truex (29:36.1), McArdle (30:57.3).
110-METER HURDLES—Tarr (13.4), Hayes Jones (13.7), Mikhailov (13.8), Chistyakov (14.5).
400-METER HURDLES—Atterberry (50.3), Cawley (50.5), Anisimov (50.9). Chevichalov (51.2).
STEEPLECHASE—Sokolov (8:42.3), Young (8:44.7), Traynor (8:50.0), Yevdokimov (9:02.0).
20-KM. WALK—Golubnichi (1:37:51.3), Vedyakov (1:38:28.3), Zinn (1:43:34.1), Allen (1:44:04.4).
400-METER RELAY—Hayes Jones, Hayes, Homer Jones, Drayton (39.6),Tuyakov, Ozolin, Prokhorovski, Politiko (40.3).
1,600-METER RELAY—Saddler, Cawley, Archibald, Williams (3:03.8), Arkhipchuk, Bichkov, Anisimov, Sverbatov (3:09.9).
HIGH JUMP—Brumel (7 feet 5 inches, world record), Johnson (7-0), Bolshov (6-10), Thomas (6-10).
BROAD JUMP—Boston (26 feet 9 inches), Ter-Ovanesvan (26-6�), Warfield (25-9�), Bondarenko (25-4�).
HOP, STEP AND JUMP—Goryaev (54 feet 5� inches), Fedoseyev (53-1�), Sharpe (52-4�), Stokes (51-5�).
POLE VAULT—Morris (16 feet� inch), Petrenko (15-1), Feld (14-9�), Cramer (cleared no height).
SHOTPUT—Long (64 feet 1� inch), Gubner (62-3), Lipsnis (62-1�, Soviet record), Bukhantsev (49-3�)
DISCUS—Oerter (200 feet 1 inch), Babka (193-10�), Trusenyev (189-9), Bukhantsev (184-5).
HAMMER THROW—Connolly (231 feet 10 inches, world record), Baltovski (221-2), Bakarinov (215-11), Hall (215-1�).
JAVELIN—Lusis (269 feet 6 inches), Tsibulenko (256-2). Studney (245-0), Kovalakides (238-3�).
DECATHLON—Kuznetsov (7,830), Herman (7,654), Pauly (6,996), Kutenko (2,256, withdrew after three events).

WOMEN'S EVENTS

100 METERS—Wilma Rudolph Ward (11.5), Itkina (11.8), McGuire (11.8), Popova (12.0).
200 METERS—Brown (23.7), Itkina (23.8), Maslovskaya (24.3), Smith (24.5).
800 METERS—Lysenko (2:08.6), Parlyuk (2:09.6), Bennett (2:10.4, American record), Knott (2:11.6).
80-METER HURDLES—I. Press (10.7), Kulkova (10.8), Parrish (11.2). Terry (11.3).
400-METER RELAY—White, McGuire, Brown, Ward (44.6), Motina, Maslovskaya, Itkina, Popova (44.9).
HIGH JUMP—Chenchik (5 feet 7 inches, Yevsyukova (5-5). Brown (5-3). Baskerville (5-1).
BROAD JUMP—Shchelkanova (20 feet 11� inches), White (20-3/2), Krepkina (19-5�), McGuire (18-9�).
SHOTPUT—T. Press (57 feet� inch), Zybina (55�), Brown (48-11). Wyatt (46-10�).
DISCUS—T. Press (189 feet 5 inches), Connolly (167-1�), Zolotuchina (162 6). Shepherd (151-3).
JAVELIN—Ozolina (183 feet 4� inches). Shastitko (167-9), Bair (147-1), Mendyka (142-7�).

MILEPOSTS—SIGNED: BILL SHARMAN, former backcourt ace of the Boston Celtics and coach of the Cleveland Pipers, who refused a tempting offer to stay on with the Lucas-enlivened Piper team in its first NBA season to stay home, as head coach at Los Angeles State College, where he is working for a master's degree.

SUSPENDED: JOCKEY ED McIVOR, by the Maryland Racing Commission, which charged him with possessing an illegal electric battery of a type which could be used to stimulate horses, for five years.

DIED: DR. GEORGE E. BENNETT, 77, Baltimore physician and surgeon, who diagnosed the occupational ills of many baseball greats who were his patients, and also played a part in developing the baseball helmet that is now regulation equipment, in Baltimore.

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