Fair Wants Mile Race, Daily Racing Form, 1939-06-20

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»s f- FAIR WANTS MILE RACE NEW YORK, N. Y., June 19.— Grover A. Whalen, president of the New York Worlds Fair Corporation, has sent telegrams to all the five participants in the "Mile of the Century" at the Princeton University meet, to rerun their race on the Exposition grounds on any date on which the athletes are able to agree. Whalens telegram was sent to Chuck Fenske, Sydney Wooderson, Glen Cunningham, Archie San Romani and Blaine Rideout. If the crack milers accept the invitation. Fair officials expect to move the Millrose A. A. track meet to the Fair grounds for the test of human speed. — A


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