Monday, May. 31, 1954
Scoreboard
P:At Maryland's Pimlico track, Hasty Road, a front runner all the way, nipped favored (9-10) Correlation by a neck in the $140,150 Preakness Stakes, second event in racing's triple crown for three-year-olds.
P:Los Angeles, Shotputter Parry O'Brien, who cracked the 60-ft. barrier fortnight ago, broke his own record (by 1/2 in.) with another record heave of 60 ft. 5 3/4 in. He is now aiming at 62 ft. Another world record was set at the Coliseum relays when the Fordham University quartet of Terry Foley, Frank Tarsney, Bill Persichetty and Tom Courtney ran the two-mile relay in 7:27.3. Old (1952) record: 7:29.2.
P: In New York, Philadelphia's Joey Giardello, top-ranked middleweight taking dead aim on Champion Bobo Olson's title, misfired and lost a unanimous ten-round decision to France's Pierre Langlois, a 4-1 underdog.
P:In Cleveland, the Indians, beating Baltimore in a doubleheader this week, kept their winning streak alive at eleven straight, kept their American League lead of 2 1/2 games over the Chicago White Sox.
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