MILEPOSTS
August 30, 1954
BORN—To Irv Noren, outfielder for New York Yankees and Mrs. Noren, a nine-pound six-ounce boy, named James Irving.
BORN—To Irv Noren, outfielder for New York Yankees and Mrs. Noren, a nine-pound six-ounce boy, named James Irving.
DIED—John Arthur Dewar, 63, leading English horse owner in 1931 and chairman of whiskey firm of John Dewar and Sons; at Montecatini in Italy. His finest horse: Cameronian, winner of Two Thousand Guineas and Epsom Derby in 1931.
DIED—Daniel Sherby, 46, a founder of the Cleveland Browns professional football team and president of the American Division of the National Football League: in Cleveland after a long illness
SANCTIONED—29 track and field records including John Landy's 3:58 mile and five marks by Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia for distances from 5,000 to 25,000 meters; by International Amateur Athletic Union