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Show IS 1 V- ,- i BROKE OWN RECORD . . . Laughing on the shoulder of Bob Backus, weight-throw record rec-ord holder, Olympic shot put Champ Barry O'Brien Just broke his own world record Indoor mark. Here N' There James Patton of the New York Giants intercepted 11 passes to lead the National Football League in that department during the 1958 season. Baltimore won team interception laurels, by pulling in 35 of Its opponents' 363 passes . . . Leo Boivin, Boston Bruin de-fenseman, de-fenseman, and goalie Lome "Gump" Worsley of the New York Rangers are the shortest players in the National Hockey League. Both are 5-feet-7 . . . This is Coach John Lapchick's 14th season as St. John's University Uni-versity basketball mentor. He left the school in 1947 to coach the New York Knickerbockers but returned re-turned to St. John's in 1956 . . . Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D., La.) has asked Defense Secretary Neil II. McElroy to lay down a uniform uni-form policy for participation of the Army, Navy and Air Force Academies in post-season football foot-ball games . . . Tommy O'Con-nell, O'Con-nell, assistant coach ' at Illinois, was named head football coach at Drake University. |