Word: decathloner
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...deep hole. And those who like to follow the impressive accomplishments of men and machines-from tunnels to tough road jobs, to bridge building in Pakistan-may not mind the pure corn of the story line and the predictable antics of those two hefty part ners, Keenan Wynn and Decathlon Star Bob Mathias...
Troubleshooters (NBC, 8-8:30 p.m.). First episode in a brand-new series-neither western nor private eye for a change. Keenan Wynn and Decathlon Star Bob Mathias weigh in as a pair of crack construction supervisors...
...meter and 200-meter dashes, Russia's swift and sturdy ladies took most of the scoring honors, 67 to 40. But in the men's events. U.S. domination was never in doubt. The Red team captured the high jump, a few more distance events and the decathlon. It could not match double U.S. wins in the 200-meter, 800-meter and 1,500-meter races, and a sweep of the relays as the American men ran off with the track meet by the score...
...were that boy," says B.U.'s Field Events Coach Ed Flanagan, "I'd figure on the high jump in next year's Olympics, the jump and the hurdles in the next one, the decathlon in his prime. He won't even get to his prime until he's maybe 30 -a good dozen years...
...fourth in the high hurdles. Landau's opposition, probably the finest hurdle field ever assembled in this part of the country, included Lee Calhoun of North Carolina, the reigning Olympic champion; Keith Gardner of Nebraska, the Big Eight king; and Charlie Pratt of the Philadelphia Pioneers, a former national decathlon winner...