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Almost every time he tries, Pole Vaulter Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam of San Francisco, Calif, vaults a little higher. Two years ago he was the first man to top 15 feet, once considered physically impossible. Last year he set a new outdoor mark of 15 ft. 5¾ in. (TIME, June 16). Fortnight ago, at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, he set a new indoor mark of 15 ft. ⅜ in. But pole vaulting indoors bothers Dutch. "Here in the Garden," he said, "the ceiling seemed to press down on me." But last week in Boston's Garden...
Before 14,281 excited people in Boston Garden Saturday night, William J. Bingham '16, director of athletics, climbed a shaky ladder to the imposing height of 15 feet 7 1/4 inches and took the measurement that made official Cornelius Warmerdam's record-breaking pole vault in the feature event of the 53rd annual B. A. A. games...
...Cornelius Warmerdam, 28-year-old San Francisco schoolteacher: the pole vault of the Millrose Games, first big track meet of the indoor season; clearing the bar at 15 ft. ⅜ in.; a new world's indoor high; at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Outdoors, he has cleared 15 ft. 5¾ in., highest man has ever vaulted...
...prize winners are: Mandel Berman, Dotroit, Mich, Philip Coldwell, Clevoland, Ohio, Harry H. Cornelius, Oak Park, Ill, Maxwell L, Elliott, Atlanta, Ga., Robert Shun-Hslaug Lee, Hong Kong, China, Robert D. Orr, Evansville, Ind., Philip W. Orth, Milwankee, Wis., John F.Porter, Los Angeles, Calif., Jerome F. Scott, Minneapolis, Minn., Robert W.Zimmerman, Minneapolis, Minn...
Jacob L ("Jakie") Webb, playful descendant of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, turned up in the Army, at Fort Meade, Md. He had been missing since the middle of October, shortly after he wed café-daffy Leonore Lemmon. A rubber-check charge long pending against him has been dropped...