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Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director

| October 01, 1995 | Masin, Herman L. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

IT was one of those steamy mid-July dog days in New York, fit for neither man nor beast, but apparently good enough for the running of the 1944 National Track and Field Championships.

Since the Yankee Stadium, Central Park, and City Hall were booked for the day, the meet was being held on a rehabilitated slum of a "stadium" on Randall's Island, hard by one of the city's newer bridges.

Why would the AAU schedule a championship meet at such a time and place? Maybe because there was a war on and Randall's Island was the safest place in the world. Hardly anyone knew where it was and those who did had no way of getting there except by parachute.

At about 10 ...

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