Word: crossbar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finest exhibition of jumping, both horizontal and vertical, ever seen on an indoor track. First, Olympic Champion Don Bragg, in top form, vaulted 15 ft. 7 in., barely missed becoming the first man in history to clear 16 ft.-when his hand brushed the crossbar on the way down. Then gaunt, sinewy Ralph Boston, legs wildly pumping, leaped 26 ft. 1¾ in. to better his own world indoor broad jump record by an astonishing...
Private Duel. Last week, doubting John Thomas got his look. Staring moodily at the crossbar, Thomas rested quietly on a chair between jumps. Brumel wandered about the Garden infield, changing shoes repeatedly, warming up with graceful, balletlike leaps. By the time the bar reached 7 ft., all other competitors had dropped out, and the private duel began...
...lanky Terrier hit the bar with his leg on the first try at 7-2 1/2, and nearly made it the second try but toppled the bar with his mid-section. He was distracted on the final attempt, hit the crossbar with his knee going up, and had to settle for 7-1 1/2, which he had cleared earlier with an inch to spare...
Brown, a slight underdog, started off the scoring with a tally by Jim Kfoury at 2:21 of the first period. Kfoury, an inside left, took a pass from Wellford Mason and booted a high shot that hit the crossbar of the goal and dropped in behind the Crimson netminder, John Adams. The score was the only time that the Bruins were able to beat Adams, who did an admirable job in the Crimson goal...
Things might have been different if Dave Gouldin hadn't thought fast on the second Tiger extra point. Holder Hugh Scott couldn't find the handle on the ball, but Gouldin booted it right out of his hands and over the crossbar...