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P:In Chicago, after getting the details of one of the rowdiest rough & tumbles in baseball history, American League President Will Harridge levied a total of $850 in fines on four New York Yankees and two St. Louis Browns players. Browns Catcher Clint Courtney was "mainly responsible for the brawl," touching off a free-for-all with his spikes-high slide into Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto at second base. Courtney's levy: $250.

P:In London, at the British Amateur Athletic Association track meet, Oxford's Roger Bannister, now a medical student and somewhat out of training, turned in an amazing performance: a 4:03.6 mile, which made him the fifth-fastest miler in history. (The record: 4:01.4 by Sweden's Gundar Hagg.)

P:In the U.S. and Canada, noted the New York Times after a survey, horse-racing has supplanted baseball as the No. i spectator sport. Last year's total attendance at horse tracks: 46 million; at ballparks (major and minor leagues): 41 million.

P:In Syracuse, N.Y., Welterweight Champion Kid Gavilan came a cropper in a nontitle bout against an in & outer named Danny ("Bang Bang") Womber. It was Gavilan's first defeat since 1950.

P:At Cambridge, Mass., Princeton's varsity crew edged Harvard (by half a length), beat M.I.T. (by five lengths), for the Compton Cup.

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