Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" " The Times even tossed

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

as seen here at the Collins Pharmacy in Islip

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run

greeting and talking while walking more than a mile along the Coney Island Boardwalk

looking like a fugitive from the Lost World

Roger Bannister Size:8" x 10" " The Times even tossedMedical 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,