Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" "Every strike brings me closer

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run

on that May evening

John Noble Wilford wrote in The Times

" The Times even tossed in some humor in its reporting by writing

shot finishes of the Kentucky Derby and roamed the United States and Europe taking pictures for The New York Times Magazine

Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" "Every strike brings me closerMedical student Roger Bannister becomes the first man to break the 4 minute barrier in the mile run on May 6, 1954, at the rain dampened, blustery Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England. It was a feat that many thought was impossible. This photo ran on the front page of The Times the next day with the headline, "4 Minute Mile Is Achieved By Bannister of England; Bannister Runs Mile in World Record Time of 3: 59. 4." "Paced by two other runners,