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Overlooked behind winner Carl Shine of Penn in the shot put was the Crimson's Hank Abbot, (pictured above, right), who broke up a possible one-two Quaker sweep by throwing the 16-1b. ball 52 ft., 3 in. for a new University record. John Bronstein, Stan Doten, and John deKiewiet took ten discus points...
...varsity field event squad turned in a brilliant performance. John Bronstein set a meet mark in winning the discus with a 158 ft., 3 3/4 in. toss, and shot putter Hank Abbot broke another record with his 50 ft., 3 in. heave. Stan Doten came through with an excellent 151 ft., 9 1/4 in. throw to take second in the discus, and Steve Cohen put the shot 48 ft., 6 in., his best ever, to beat out Princeton's Bill Fisher for second place...
...clear, boyish voice, but with the composure and assurance of an adult. A Tibetan-speaking Westerner was there, an Austrian named Heinrich Harrer, who had escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp in India and painfully made his way to asylum in Lhasa. The debate that followed between the abbot and the Dalai Lama was a genuine contest of wits, says Harrer, in which the God-King was "never for a moment disconcerted," while the venerable abbot "was hard put to hold...
Meanwhile, big things were happening in the field events. Jim Doty finished a creditable second to Army's Ed Bagdonas in the hammer, and John deKiewiet surprised the favored Cadet high jumpers by winning the event with a 6 ft., 1 1/2 in. leap. Hank Abbot and Steve Cohen took second and third in the shot, and Stan Doten and John Bronstein added four points in the discus...
...prime contender in the hammer, joining teammate Ed Bagdonas and Al Dorris. The Crimson's Jim Doty and Stan Doten could finish high in the hammer, as could Doten and John Bronstein in the discus. Keith Nance of Army is the favorite in the shot, but Henry Abbot and Steve Cohen could score well for the varsity...