A Roundup Of The Week's News

RECORD BREAKERS

Swaps, gentle, smooth-galloping Kentucky Derby winner, challenged older horses for first time, showed undeniable class under able ride by Dave Erb , subbing for suspended Willie Shoemaker, outran spunky little Determine by length and a quarter to set new world record of 1:40 2/5 for mile and sixteenth in $109,800 Californian at Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif., zoomed total earnings to $315,200 (see page 44).

Brian Hewson , 22-year-old Englishman who recently ran third in unprecedented triple sub-four-minute mile, zipped through rare three-quarter-mile test in 2:55.4 to break Roger Bannister's British native mark as well as unofficial world standard at London.

Gordon McKenzie, New York Pioneer Club's tireless national cross-country titleholder, stepped off six miles in 30:24.7, wiped out former American citizens' record by nearly nine seconds in Metropolitan AAU championships in New York.

Bob Backus , husky, broad-backed NYAC strongman, unfurled heave of 43 feet 5� inches, snapped own U.S. standard for 56-pound weight in same meet.

Rafer Johnson , 19-year-old UCLA freshman, compiled 7,983 points, bettered Bob Mathias' world decathlon record in Central California AAU meet at Kingsburg, Calif.

AUTO RACING
Mike Hawthorn , daring British racer, and Ivor Bueb grimly went about business of pushing their big, gleaming Jaguar D to victory in disaster-filled 24-hour Le Mans speed classic. With Mercedes team withdrawn after tragic accident to Driver Pierre Levegh, resulting in 87 deaths, 108 injured, and Ferraris out because of engine trouble, ashen-faced Hawthorn and partner covered 2,564.28 miles at average speed of 106.84 mph for new record. Runners-up: England's Peter Collins and Belgium's Paul Frere in Aston Martin; Belgium's John Claes and Jacques Swaters in Jaguar D. Germany's Helmuth Polensky and Richard Von Frankenberg, driving Porsche, topped field in performance index category. Class winners: Hawthorn and Bueb in Jaguar, 5-liter; Collins and Frere in Aston Martin, 3-liter; Britain's Peter Wilson and J. Mayers in Bristol, 2-liter; Polensky and Von Frankenberg in Porsche, 1.5-liter; Germany's Jura Duntov and A. Veuillet in Porsche, 1,100-cc; France's L. Cornet and M. Mougin in D. B., 750-cc (see page 40).

BASEBALL

New York Yankees split four games with fourth-place Detroit , confidently sailed into Cleveland with comfortable five-game lead over second-place Chicago White Sox, hoped to deliver telling blow at Indians' pennant hopes. Yankees got off on right foot, edged Cleveland 3-2 on fine relief pitching of 38-year-old palm ball specialist Jim Konstanty , working for eighth time in 10 games, then watched lead disintegrate to 2� over Chicago, 3� over Cleveland. Indians ended four-game losing streak, struck back to take three straight, 7-6, 10-2, 7-3. Art Houtteman, Early Wynn and Bob Lemon pitched important wins, put Al Lopez's club back in race (see page 9).

Chicago , after trading Outfielder Johnny Groth, Catcher Clint Courtney and Pitcher Bob Chakales to Washington for fleet fly-chaser Jim Busby , got top-notch hurling jobs from Virgil Trucks and Billy Pierce , coasted past Senators 10-0, 1-0, 8-4, made up for 3-2 loss to Baltimore, once again had visions of overtaking Yankees.