June 24, 1953 (vol. 63, iss. 169) • Page Image 3
… discus in a poor (for him) 178 feet, 5% inches, or about nine feet better than second-place O'Brien, also the shot put victor with a heave of 55-9. Fritz Nilsson, Wolverine Olympian was third in both…
… line first by the scantest of margins. His time was 1:52 flat. The other Big Ten success was a big one. The four-man team composed of Wolverine Van Bruner, Michigan State's John Corbelli, Willis Thompson…