Lake Placid

Bill Blankenship, 30, U.S. Army sergeant at Fort Benning, Ga. took National Midwinter Pistol Championships in Tampa with record score (2,649 out of possible 2,700), won .22, .38 and .45 caliber events.

BASKETBALL—BOSTON, with 47 wins, 16 losses, clinched NBA Eastern Division championship.

Championships and bonspiels, from January 8 to March 31

ART DEVLINLake Placid, N.Y.Four-time national championJumping. Time is the only thing that matters in the other events, whereas in jumping, you are judged by style and distance. Style is just as important as...

AUTO RACINGSam Hanks, Pacific Palisades, Calif., USAC 100-m-stock car race, in 1:15.42, in 1957 Mercury, Pomona, Calif.