Unfit

A noteworthy series of sports news items was last week completed:

> On Feb. 8, at the Boston Athletic Association track meet, pony-legged Gregory Rice, Notre Dame '39, ran two miles in 9 min, 3.3 sec., for his twelfth consecutive victory in two years of big-time distance racing.

> On Feb. 15, at the New York Athletic Club Games, Greg Rice set a new world's record for two miles: 8:53.4.

> On Feb. 22, at the National A. A. U.championship meet, Greg Rice set a new world's record for three miles: 13:51.

> Last fortnight, at Chicago's Daily News Relays, last big invitation track meet of the indoor season, Greg Rice ran two miles in 8:51.1--the fastest two miles ever run, indoors or out.

Last week, four days after his record-smashing race, 25-year-old Greg Rice, recently voted foremost U. S. amateur athlete, was declared physically unfit for the U. S. Army. Reason: triple hernia.

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