Scoreboard

P: In New York City, the Amateur Athletic Union announced a $500,000 drive for 1956 Olympic funds. Said an A.A.U. spokesman: "We must have a concentrated effort by the people of America. We must beat Russia."

P:In Phoenix, Golfer Lloyd Mangrum, hottest of the winter-circuit campaigners (TIME, Jan. 26), scored his third victory in five 1953 tournaments, picked up another $2,000 in prize money.

P: In Arcadia, Calif., Calumet Farm's Mark-Ye-Well (Eddie Arcaro up) and Fleet Bird ran one-two in the $161,975 Santa Anita Maturity, winning $85,600 of the jackpot for first, $30,000 more for second place.

P: In Elgin, Ill., arm-weary Frank Breen, 38, claimed four world horseshoe pitching records after a six-hour marathon with a pair of 2^-lb. shoes. The records: 1,362 ringers in 1,724 pitches; 271 points and 86 ringers in 100 consecutive throws; 28 ringers in a row.

P: In Boston, Mai Whitfield, twice Olympic champion at 800 meters and undefeated on the indoor tracks this year, won the 600-yard run in 1:10.2, equaling the indoor record set by the late John Borican (1941) and tied by Hugh Short (1943).

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