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...Barthel Defeated Bannister...
Mile-record holder Roger Bannister will arrive in New York this morning and Asa Bushnell, Heptagonal Games director, said last night he would do everything possible to persuade the British star to run against Josy Barthel at Soldiers Field Saturday...
This would rule out the possibility of his meeting Barthel, Fred Wilt, Horace Ashenfelter, Fred Dwyer, and Alec Breckenridge, in the special Heptagonal mile, but Bushnell said in New York that he would be at the airport at 8:05 this morning to meet Bannister...
...freshman at Villanova, Breckenridge will join Fred Wilt, Horace Ashenfelter, and Fred Dwyer in an attempt to defeat the 1500-meter Olympic champion Joey Barthel. With Breckenridge added to the field, Barthel may get the competition he needs to break the Soldiers Field mark...
Dwyer is the only one of the three who may give Barthel a fight. As a senior at Villanova two years ago, he was the nation's top indoor miler, Dwyer did not run this winter, but is reported to be in excellent condition...