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... ls. put up by Raghnild Hveger in Copenhagen in 1940. Lorraine's time is just about the best performance in sport since Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile. Probably still the most famous name in swimming is Johnny Weissmuller who not only achieved ...
... illustrates the reason why Dr. Roger Bannister, chairman of the Sports Council, complains of the niggardly £5 million that—subject to Parliamentary approval—the Council will get this year from the Government. Dr. Bannister wants to spend !-.250 million ...
... clubs with over 150,000 members—have devised this five-star plan. A volunteer team of about a dozen boys, with Doctor Roger Bannister as commentator, have just made a film showing the scheme in action. Each boy took his turn at the different jobs of f ...
... the garden.' I reckon that shows we've made it ! It's strange I should he in the same digs that Chataway had. Ile and Roger Bannister were my heroes at school. Boulter, at 22 an athlete brimming with world class potential, skipped a practice exam yesterdav ...
... the four-mile mark. and dashed away from Pirie to beat the fivemile record. In the 880 yards Arthur Wint (G. 8.) beat Roger Bannister (G. 8.) by four yards in lm. 52.15., Sylvia Cheesman scored another British victory, winning the 220 yards in 25.35. ...
... example of the Horse Race Betting Levy Board which had provided substantial sums for horse racing in recent years. Dr. Roger Bannister, the Councillits chairtrnan admitted yesterday that such methods of financing might tend to reduce the interest which ...
... clocked 28m. 8.45., and this record has also been accepted. A fifth British performance, the 4 x 1 mile in 16m. 41s. by Roger Bannister, Chris Chataway, Don Seaman and Bill Nankeville at the White City, London, in August and recognised as a British record ...
... T 6, 1979 PAGE I Bannister still -sets the p,. ce IT IS 25 years ago since Roger Bannister became the first mon to break through the four-minute mile barrier at Oxford with a time of three min. 591 sec. Tonight the inaugural Bannister Mile is the central ...
... Harris, Geoffrey Duke, Roger Bannister, Freddie Brown and Max Faulkner. Max unfortunately was abroad. But the speech I like best was Francis Gentle's. He is chairman of the Greyhound Racing Association. He praised Roger Bannister's great performance in ...
... manager, said yesterday: A saving of lOs. a day all round might enable us to take one or two additional competitors. Roger Bannister has been awarded the Taher trophy, presented annually by the 1.0. C. for the most meritorious sports performance. Mr. ...
... minutes 49.4 seconds set by New Zealand's Hollywood-handsome John Walker four years ago—a full 10 seconds foster than Roger Bannister first man to beat four minutes is in danger here tonight. That is the opinion of the man who also Insists that never in ...
... case containing a token donation from the Lord Mayor of London to the Historic Churches Preservation Fund. Last man was Roger Bannister, fourth in the 1,500 metres at this year's Olympics. FIVE times in eight months his solicitor has successfully pleaded ...