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Form books take a dim view of local chances for individual honors in the marathon. Aside from Joe Verduer of LaSalle, world champion in the breaststroke, and diver Norm Sper of North Carolina, all the laurels seem destined to fall on the brows of the capable Elis, who will bring up the same group of experts that trampled Crimson hopes last week by a 62-13 tally...
Walt McCurdy, first string basketball guard, led Crimson sharpshooters from his eleventh-place slot in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League scoring marathon, as reported in the official league tabulation yesterday...
...Three Marathon Losses...
Promoters in other cities have been watching the production with great interest. Perhaps they plan to institute similar productions all over the country. And well they might. An election marathon has infinitely greater possibilities than six day bicycle racing. It is a much funnier and far less tiring form of indoor sport...
...stroke of New Year's, the Rev. B. R. Minton of Covington, Ind. launched a 74-hour marathon reading of the Bible's 1,189 chapters. The reading was done by some 150 of his Assembly of God Pentecostal parishioners in 30-minute shifts, was broadcast day & night over a public address system. Said Pastor Minton: "We hope the idea catches fire in other communities...