Friday, Mar. 02, 1962
Scoreboard
> In the finals of the New York Golden Gloves tournament, 19-year-old Heavyweight Ray Patterson shook off the effects of a hard right that buckled his knees, fought back to win a decisive victory over Brooklyn Newspaperman Tommy Watkins. Said Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson, on hand to watch his kid brother fight: "There's a difference. I go down when I'm hit. Ray doesn't."
> "Running fast just comes natural to me," says Florida A. & M. Sophomore Robert Hayes, 19. A husky 5 ft. 11 in., 182 lbs., Hayes played halfback on A. & M.'s undefeated 1961 football team, was "out of shape" when he showed up in Miami for his first outdoor track meet of the season. Running into a 4 1/2-m.p.h. wind. Hayes streaked 100 yds. in 9.2 sec., equaling the world record held by Villanova's Frank Budd. "I was sure surprised when they told me," said Hayes.
> A month after he had stamped himself as the world's fastest miler, with a 3-min. 54.4-sec. clocking at Wanganui, New Zealand, light-footed Peter Snell (TIME, Feb. 9) also proved himself a man of his word. Promising to entertain his Auckland neighbors with a sub-4-min. mile, Snell sped across the tape in 3 min. 56.8 sec.
> Pumping furiously, Russian Factory Worker Viktor Kosichkin, 25, swept to an easy victory over Defending Champion Henk van der Grift of The Netherlands in the world speed-skating championships at Moscow. The lone American, Illinois' Eddie Rudolph, placed seventh in the 1,500-meter, 18th in the 1,500-meter, failed to qualify for the 10,000-meter final.
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