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GUNDER HAEGG passes BOBBY KNOWLES as BILL HULSE matches strides with the galloping fireman at the end of the first lap. Trailing behind are Gil Dodds and Don Burnham.
Dodda came up from his position here to finish eight yards behind Haegg and run the fastest mile over run by an American, 4:06.5. Hulse feel back to third in the final reckoning, but he stayed at Haegg's shoulder until the final turn. The NYU 800 meter champion turned in the third fastest mile run by an American as he wearily tailed Dodda by four yards.
In one of the companion events Eusign John M. MacFarland of the Navy Supply Corps School here won the service men's 880 yard obstacle race. Carrying a 60 pound pack and full battle regalia, MacFarland outdistanced his nearest opponents by 20 yards.
The crowd of 14,000 included a large number of V-12 men, who sat all together in a special section--with the WACS.
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